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Judah and Tamar Revisited

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Judah and Tamar

In Deuteronomy 27, when it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb. While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand saying, this one came out first. But then he drew back his hand and his brother came out before him. Because so he was named Perez. His brother came out, the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and he was named Zara. And I'm interested in like, how long did Zara have to wear that red scarlet thread? Or did they keep it in a baby book and be like,

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