What does Genesis 38:27 mean? Twins seem to run in Abraham's family. Rebekah and Isaac had twin boys: Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:23–26). Those men would become the founders of the nations of Israel (Genesis 35:10) and Edom (Genesis 36:1), respectively. Now Jacob's son Judah (Genesis 29:25) has twins with Tamar (Genesis 38:14–18).

In Genesis 38:27–30, how do we reconcile the unusual birth story of Perez and Zerah with other scriptural and modern biological understandings of twins? Who are the twins mentioned in the Bible? How does 1 Chronicles 2:3-4 align with Genesis 38 regarding Judah and Tamar's lineage, and does it create inconsistencies?

27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. 28 As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, “This one came out first.” 29 But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!”

Genesis 38:27 Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament Thamar brought forth twins; and a circumstance occurred at the birth, which does occasionally happen when the children lie in an abnormal position, and always impedes the delivery, and which was regarded in this instance as so significant that the names of the children ...

When this son died childless, Judah, according to the custom of the time, asked his next son Onan to have a temporary sexual relationship with the widow Tamar, with the hope that by him Tamar might produce a child. Legally, this child would be considered son of the dead man and so would carry on the family name and inheritance.

38:28 It should seem the birth was hard to the mother, by which she was corrected for her sin: the children also, like Jacob and Esau, struggled for the birth - right, and Pharez who got it, is ever named first, and from him Christ descended.

What does Genesis 38:27-30 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse by Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible. ONLINE and FREE

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb. It came about at the time she was giving birth, that behold, there were twins in her womb. And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb. Later, when it was time for Tamar to give birth, she was carrying twins in her womb!

Tính hợp lí 38.(27-44)-27.(38-44) OLM là nền tảng giáo dục số. Với chương trình giảng dạy bám sát sách giáo khoa từ mẫu giáo đến lớp 12.

27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.