Genesis 38:28

When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”

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WEBBE

When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”

BSB

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.

ASV

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 בְלִדְתָּהּ ve·lid·tah when gave birth she H3205 וַיִּתֶּן־ vai·yi·ten- and he put out H5414 יָד yad a hand H3027 וַתִּקַּח va·ti·kach and she took H3947 הַמְיַלֶּדֶת ham·ya·le·det the midwife H3205 וַתִּקְשֹׁר va·tik·shor and she tied H7194 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 יָדוֹ ya·do hand his H3027 שָׁנִי sha·ni a scarlet thread H8144 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 זֶה zeh this one H2088 יָצָא ya·tza' he came out H3318 רִאשֹׁנָה ri·sho·nah first H7223

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.