Genesis 38:27

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When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

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  • Gen 25:24 : 24 When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

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  • Gen 25:22-24
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    22But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,

    23and the LORD said to her,“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

    24When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 38:28-30
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    28While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying,“This one came out first.”

    29But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said,“How you have broken out of the womb!” So he was named Perez.

    30Afterward his brother came out– the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand– and he was named Zerah.

  • Gen 38:23-26
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    23Judah said,“Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

    24After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

    25While they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law:“I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” Then she said,“Identify the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”

    26Judah recognized them and said,“She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He was not physically intimate with her again.

  • Gen 29:34-35
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    34She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.

    35She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“This time I will praise the LORD.”That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

  • Gen 38:3-6
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    3She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

    4She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

    5Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

    6Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

  • Gen 35:16-17
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    16They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.

    17When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”

  • 7Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

  • 4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

  • Gen 30:22-23
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    22Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

    23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”

  • 11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar,“Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought,“I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

  • 27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.

  • Gen 38:18-19
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    18He said,“What pledge should I give you?” She replied,“Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her, then slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

    19She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.

  • Gen 38:15-16
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    15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

    16He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”

  • 1Judah and Tamar At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

  • 3She replied,“Here is my servant Bilhah! Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”

  • 26When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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    17One of the women said,“My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.

    18Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.

  • 23The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • 5Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

  • 31The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

  • 2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

  • 13Tamar was told,“Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

  • 12May your family become like the family of Perez– whom Tamar bore to Judah– through the descendants the LORD gives you by this young woman.”

  • 12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

  • 2Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

  • 3So the LORD will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.