26 Then Judah knew them, and said, She is [a]more righteous than I: for she hath done it because I gave her not to Shelah my son. So he lay with her [b]no more.

27 ¶ Now, when the time was come that she should be delivered, behold, there were twins in her womb.

28 And when she was in travail, the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound a red thread about his hand, saying, this is come out first.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:26 That is, she ought rather to accuse me than I her.
  2. Genesis 38:26 For the horror of the sin condemned him.

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