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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Zarah (Judah's son living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness)

Judah's son by Tamar, Perez's twin. His hand came out first and the midwife tied a scarlet thread on it, and then Perez was born ahead of him.

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First, in plain English

Judah's son by Tamar, Perez's twin. His hand came out first and the midwife tied a scarlet thread on it, and then Perez was born ahead of him.

Who this is

Zerah was Judah's son by Tamar, born as a twin to Perez in a delivery marked by a scarlet thread tied to his hand when he seemed to be arriving first, only for Perez to be born ahead of him after all.

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The word

H2226

Where it appears
  • Genesis 38:30
  • Genesis 46:12
  • Numbers 26:20
  • Joshua 7:1
  • Joshua 7:18
  • Joshua 7:24
  • Joshua 22:20
  • 1 Chronicles 2:4
  • 1 Chronicles 2:6
  • 1 Chronicles 9:6
  • Nehemiah 11:24

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