Genesis 38:28 (WEB)
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.”
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“This fact is indeed set forth by many other [occurrences], but typically by [the history of] Thamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxviii. 28, etc.
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Jerome
“Hence it is a scarlet thread that in Genesis the midwife binds upon the hand of Pharez—Pharez “the divider,” so called because he divided the partition which had before separated two peoples.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxviii. 28, 29.
Read the whole comment“What shall I say of Tamar who bore twin sons, Pharez and Zarah?” — editor's note: Gen. xxxviii. 27–30.
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Tertullian
“It was the fact that Thamar “had painted out and adorned herself” that led Judah to regard her as a harlot, and thus, because she was hidden beneath her “veil,”—the quality of her garb belying her as if she had been a harlot,—he judged (her to be one), and addressed and bargained with (her as such).” — editor's note: Comp. Gen. xxxviii. 12–30.
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Cross-references · 12
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Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.