Genesis 38:30 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 38:30

Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

BSB

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ASV

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.

KJV

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

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Commentary

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Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 30.) After this, his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread in his hand, and his name was called Zara. This name means 'east'. Therefore, either because he appeared first, or because many righteous people were born from him, as it is written in the book of Chronicles (1 Chronicles 2 and following), he was called Zara, that is, 'east'.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַחַר֙	ve.'a.Char	and after	H310 →
יָצָ֣א	ya.Tza'	he came out	H3318 →
אָחִ֔יו	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] on	H5921 →
יָד֖וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
הַשָּׁנִ֑י	ha.sha.Ni	the scarlet thread	H8144 →
וַיִּקְרָ֥א	vai.yik.Ra'	and someone called	H7121 →
שְׁמ֖וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
זָֽרַח׃ ס	Za.rach	Zerah	H2226 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H2226zarachZerah21×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 2:4
Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
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,”
- Numbers 26:20–21
  These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
Through
Matthew 1:3
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
leads to
- 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!”
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 4:1
  The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
- Ruth 4:18–22
  Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

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