King James Version
Genesis 38:30 in the King James Version says “And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.”
Genesis 38:30 · KJV
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
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. How hast: or, Wherefore hast thou made this breach against thee? Pharez: that is A breach
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And afterward”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“came out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“his brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“that had the scarlet thread”
H8144crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
“was called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“and his name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“Zarah”
H2226zerach, the name of three israelites, also of an idumaean and an ethiopian prince
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