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Genesis 38:30
Genesis 38:30 is verse 30 of Genesis chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
Zerah can mean scarlet or brightness.
King James Version
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
World English Bible
Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
Zerah means “scarlet” or “brightness”.
Read in context
Genesis 38:28–30 · Berean Standard Bible
28 And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
29 But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
30 Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Chronicles 9:6From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.