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Génesis 38:28

Listen to Génesis 38:28
28 Y sucedió, cuando dio a luz, que sacó la mano el uno , y la partera tomó y ató a su mano un hilo de grana, diciendo: Este salió primero.

Génesis 38:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:28

And it came to pass when she travailed
Her birth throes came strong and quick upon her: that [the one] put out [his] hand;
which showed that she was like to have a difficult and dangerous time of it; that the birth was not like to be according to the usual and natural order, which may be considered as a correction for her sin: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying,
this came out first;
she tied this to his wrist, that she might know whose hand it was, and so which was the firstborn; which, to know was a matter of consequence, since to the firstborn there were some special and peculiar privileges.

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Génesis 38:28 In-Context

26 Entonces Judá lo conoció, y dijo: Más justa es que yo, por cuanto no le he dado a Sela mi hijo. Y nunca más la conoció.
27 Y aconteció que al tiempo de dar a luz, he aquí había dos en su vientre.
28 Y sucedió, cuando dio a luz, que sacó la mano el uno , y la partera tomó y ató a su mano un hilo de grana, diciendo: Este salió primero.
29 Y aconteció que tornando él a meter la mano, he aquí su hermano salió; y ella dijo: ¿Por qué has hecho sobre ti rotura? Y llamó su nombre Fares.
30 Y después salió su hermano, el que tenía en su mano el hilo de grana, y llamó su nombre Zara.

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