Genesis 38:28-30

Expanded Bible

²⁸ While she was ·giving birth [in labor], one baby put his hand out. The ·nurse [midwife] tied a ·red [crimson] string on his hand and said, “This baby came out first.” ²⁹ But he pulled his hand back in, so the other baby was born first. The nurse said, “·So you are able to break out first [or What a breach you have made],” and they named him Perez [^Csounds like “break out” in Hebrew]. ³⁰ After this, the baby with the red string on his hand was born, and they named him Zerah [^Cshining/brightness, perhaps referring to the red string].