Genesis 38:28
While 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.”
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- Gen 38:29-302 verses86%
29 But 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.
30 Afterward his brother came out– the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand– and he was named Zerah.
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27 When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
- Gen 25:22-265 verses74%
22 But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,
23 and 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.”
24 When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
25 The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.
26 When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
- Gen 38:23-253 verses70%
23 Judah 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.”
24 After 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!”
25 While 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.”
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18 When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house.
- Gen 35:16-172 verses69%
16 They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.
17 When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”
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21 She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
- Gen 38:18-192 verses69%
18 He 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.
19 She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.
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13 When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,
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11 If two men get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his private parts,
- Gen 38:3-53 verses66%
3 She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.
4 She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.
5 Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.
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3 Israel Must Return to the God of Jacob In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.
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23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said,“God has taken away my shame.”
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6 Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
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2 Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)
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12 May your family become like the family of Perez– whom Tamar bore to Judah– through the descendants the LORD gives you by this young woman.”
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3 So 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.
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18 Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
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18 but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”
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18 Then 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.
- Gen 29:34-352 verses65%
34 She 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.
35 She 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 30:38-392 verses65%
38 Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.
39 When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
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7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!
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25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses’ feet, and said,“Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
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20 She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.
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8 Then Rachel said,“I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
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28 The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.
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8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
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2 She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.
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19 The midwives said to Pharaoh,“Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women– for the Hebrew women are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!”
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6 opened it, and saw the child– a boy, crying!– and she felt compassion for him and said,“This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”