Genesis 38:29
in Genesis 38But 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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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 38
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHow hast thou broken forth? - מה פרצת mah paratsta, this breach be upon thee, עליך פרץ aleycka parets; thou shalt bear the name of the breach thou hast made, i. e., in coming first into the world. Therefore his name was called פרץ Parets, i. e., the person who made the breach. The breach here mentioned refers to a certain circumstance in parturition which it is unnecessary to explain.
This site's exposition
You have broken out first
on Genesis 38:29-30
He pulls his hand back, his brother comes out first, and she names him Perez, a breach. The other comes out with the scarlet thread on his wrist, and he is named Zerah. The younger goes ahead of the elder. Ruth 4:18 traces David's line from Perez, and Matthew 1:3 names Perez and Zerah of Tamar.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Ver. 29.) And behold, his brother came out, and said, why is the wall divided because of you? And he called his name Phares. Concerning the wall, Aquila and Symmachus translated it as division, which in Hebrew is called Phares (). Therefore, he received the name of division because he divided the curtain of the second (also called placenta). Hence the Pharisees, who had separated themselves as if they were righteous from the people, were called the divided ones.
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
BonaventureCollations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 16 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
Again, they are compared two by two: in the Old Testament, there are the times before the Law and under the Law; in the New, the times of the calling of the Gentiles and of the calling of the Israelites that shall be at the …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass as he drew back his hand,....
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י׀ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כְּמֵשִׁ֣יב | kemeshiv | when [he was] withdrawing | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יָד֗וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְהִנֵּה֙ | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| יָצָ֣א | yatza' | he came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אָחִ֔יו | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| וַתֹּ֕אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מַה־ | mah- | how! | H4100 → | 752 times |
| פָּרַ֖צְתָּ | paratzta | you have made a breach | H6555 → | 49 times |
| עָלֶ֣יךָ | ʾaleikha | on yourself | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּ֑רֶץ | paretz | a breach | H6556 → | |
| וַיִּקְרָ֥א | vaiyikra' | and someone called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| פָּֽרֶץ׃ | paretz | Perez | H6557 → | 15 times |
וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כְּמֵשִׁ֣יבwhen [he was] withdrawing
kemeshivH7725 →1056 times
יָד֗וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
וְהִנֵּה֙and there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
יָצָ֣אhe came out
yatza'H3318 →1067 times
אָחִ֔יוbrother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
וַתֹּ֕אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
מַה־how!
mah-H4100 →752 times
פָּרַ֖צְתָּyou have made a breach
paratztaH6555 →49 times
עָלֶ֣יךָon yourself
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
פָּ֑רֶץa breach
paretzH6556 →
וַיִּקְרָ֥אand someone called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
פָּֽרֶץ׃Perez
paretzH6557 →15 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
it leads to
- Genesis 46:12
The 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 38:29–30
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
- Genesis 38:24–27
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- 1 Chronicles 4:1
The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
- Genesis 46:12
Through
1 Chronicles 2:4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
it leads to
- Matthew 1:3
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
- Genesis 38:13–30
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
- Matthew 1:3
Through
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.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 11:4
while 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 11:24
Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
- Nehemiah 11:4
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 16; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).