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29 But he pulled his arm back, and his brother was born first. Then the midwife said, “So this is how you break your way out!” So he was named Perez.[a] 30 Then his brother was born with the red thread on his arm, and he was named Zerah.[b]

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  1. Genesis 38:29 This name in Hebrew means “breaking out.”
  2. Genesis 38:30 This name sounds like a Hebrew word for the red brightness of dawn.

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