And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.
WEB
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
YLT
and afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand is the scarlet thread, and he calleth his name Zarah.
DBT
And afterwards came out his brother, round whose hand was the scarlet thread; and they called his name Zerah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)