Genesis 38:28-30

New Living Translation

²⁸ While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child’s wrist, announcing, “This one came out first.” ²⁹ But then he pulled back his hand, and out came his brother! “What!” the midwife exclaimed. “How did you break out first?” So he was named Perez.^{[a] 30} Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.^[b]