Chuàngshìjì 38:30

30 Hòulái , tā xiōngdi nà shǒu shàng yǒu hóng xiàn de yĕ shēng chūlai , jiù gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Xièlā .

Chuàngshìjì 38:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:30

And afterward came out his brother that had the scarlet
thread upon his hand
By which it was known that he so far came out first; which confirms the remarkable birth of his brother, who notwithstanding got the start of him: and his name was called Zarah;
not from "rising", or his coming forth like the rising sun, as is usually observed; but rather from his return, or drawing back his hand, and as it were returning to his mother's womb; and so, according to Hillerus ^F12, Zarah, by a transposition of letters, comes from (rzx) "Chazar", to return: but Jarchi thinks he had his name from the refulgent appearance of the scarlet thread on his wrist.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 372.

Chuàngshìjì 38:30 In-Context

28 Dào shēngchǎn de shíhou , yī gè háizi shēn chū yī zhī shǒu lái . shōushēngpó ná hóng xiàn shuān zaì tā shǒu shàng , shuō , zhè shì tóushēng de .

29 Suíhòu zhè háizi bǎ shǒu shōu huí qù , tā gēge shēng chūlai le . shōushēngpó shuō , nǐ wèishénme qiǎng zhe lái ne , yīncǐ gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Fǎlēisī .

30 Hòulái , tā xiōngdi nà shǒu shàng yǒu hóng xiàn de yĕ shēng chūlai , jiù gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Xièlā .