And when she was in labor, one [baby] put out his hand, and the midwife took his hand and tied a scarlet thread on it, saying, “This one was born first.”

But he pulled back his hand, and his brother was born first. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself [to be the firstborn]!” So he was named Perez (breach, break forth).

They named the city Dan, after Dan their forefather who was born to Israel (Jacob); however, the original name of the city was Laish.

“Were you the first man to be born [the original wise man],
Or were you created before the hills?