26. Judah recognized them. He said, “She is more in the right than I. She did this because I did not give her to my son Shelah as I promised.” And Judah did not have physical relations with her again.
27. When time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her body.
28. While she was giving birth, one baby put his hand out. The nurse tied a red string on his hand. She said, “This baby came out first.”
29. But he pulled his hand back in. So the other baby was born first. The nurse said, “So you are able to break out first.” And they named him Perez.
30. After this, the baby with the red string on his hand was born. They named him Zerah.