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29 But just then he drew back his hand, and out came his brother; and she said, ‘What a breach you have made for yourself!’ Therefore he was named Perez.[a] 30 Afterwards his brother came out with the crimson thread on his hand; and he was named Zerah.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:29 That is A breach
  2. Genesis 38:30 That is Brightness; perhaps alluding to the crimson thread

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