“When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 38 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.