OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 38:29

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29

As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.

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Verse 29. Partition; the secundinæ. The midwife was apprehensive of danger. Menochius.—Phares. That is, a breach or division. Challoner.

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Perez means “breaking out”.

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