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Genesis 38:30

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

KJV

Postea egressus est frater ejus, in cujus manu erat coccinum : quem appellavit Zara.

Vulgate

καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐφ’ ᾧ ἦν ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ τὸ κόκκινον· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ζάρα.

LXX

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.

ASV

וְ/אַחַר֙ יָצָ֣א אָחִ֔י/ו אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל יָד֖/וֹ הַ/שָּׁנִ֑י וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖/וֹ זָֽרַח

Hebrew

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People Zerah

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
ו
v
noun · 629×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זֶ֖רַח
zrch
proper_noun · 21×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָׁנִ֖י
shny
noun · 42×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 2:4 — And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
  • 1Chr 9:6 — And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
  • Matt 1:3 — And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
  • Neh 11:24 — And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.