29It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, |Why have you made a breach for yourself?| Therefore his name was called Perez.


In Context

26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, |She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son.| He knew her again no more.

27 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

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.|

29 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, |Why have you made a breach for yourself?| Therefore his name was called Perez.

30 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

Genesis 38:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:29And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:29But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, "So this is how you have broken out!" And he was named Perez.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:29But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth: and the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? and therefore called his name Phares.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:29And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:29And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! on thee be the breach! And they called his name Pherez.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:29And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:29And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:29And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, 'What! thou hast broken forth — on thee is the breach;' and he calleth his name Pharez;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How have you broken forth? this breach be on you: therefore his name was called Pharez.