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Twins » Pharez and zerah
And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body. And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first. But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez. read more.
And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
Zarah » Son of judah and tamar
And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.
And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.