Genesis 38:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.”
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“But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, `What! thou hast broken forth--on thee <FI>is<Fi> the breach;' and he calleth his name Pharez;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 38:29 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:20These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
- Ruth 4:12And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
- 1 Chronicles 2:4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
- 1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
- Nehemiah 11:4while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
- Nehemiah 11:6The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
- Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
- Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
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