²⁸ 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.

^{29 Ref} 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.

^{30 Ref} And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.