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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 38:28

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass when she travailed, etc.] Her birth throes came strong and quick upon her: that [the one] put out [his] hand; which showed that she was like to have a difficult and dangerous time of it; that the birth was not like to be according to the usual and natural order, which may be considered as a correction for her sin: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, this came out first; she tied this to his wrist, that she might know whose hand it was, and so which was the firstborn; which, to know was a matter of consequence, since to the firstborn there were some special and peculiar privileges.
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