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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was as_drew_back his/its_hand and_see/lo/see he_came_out his/its_woman and_she/it_said how you_have_made_a_breach for_yourself a_breach and_he/it_called his/its_name Fereʦ.
OET (OET-RV) However, it pulled its hand back in, then wow, its brother was delivered first. Then she[fn] said, “How did you manage to break out first?” So he named him ‘Perez’ (which means ‘break out’).
38:28 It’s not clear from the text who ‘she’ was—either the mother or the midwife. Similarly, the ‘he’ in the next sentence (and in the next verse) is presumably the father.
וַיְהִ֣י כְּמֵשִׁ֣יב יָד֗וֹ וְהִנֵּה֙
and=he/it_was as,drew_back his/its=hand and=see/lo/see!
Alternate translation: “But then that baby pulled his hand back inside, and suddenly”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
יָצָ֣א אָחִ֔יו
he/it_went_forth his/its=woman
Alternate translation: “his brother came out first instead.”
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר
and=she/it_said
Alternate translation: “So the midwife said to the baby,”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַה פָּרַ֖צְתָּ עָלֶ֣יךָ פָּ֑רֶץ
what? made for,yourself breakout
The midwife uses a rhetorical question here to emphasize how surprised she is that Perez was born first. Decide the best way to communicate this in your language. Alternate translation: “How did you burst yourself out like that?” or “What a powerful way for you to burst out!” or “Just look at how you have forced your way out!”
וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ
and=he/it_called his/its=name
Although this phrase could mean that Judah (Perez’s father) named Perez, most translations translate this in a general or indefinite way that does not specify who named him. See how you translated a similar phrase in Gen 29:34. Alternate translation: “So they named him”
Note 4 topic: translate-names
פָּֽרֶץ
Fereʦ
If you include the meaning of Perez’ name in your translation or in a footnote, make sure it fits with how you translated the previous sentence.
38:1-30 The story of Judah and Tamar is a carefully placed interlude; it reports what was happening in the family of Judah, who would later rise to prominence, and it shows the beginnings of assimilation with the people of the land to help explain why God sent the family to Egypt (chs 39–47). The Egyptians were strict separatists (43:32); the Israelites would retain their unique identity better in Egypt than in Canaan.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was as_drew_back his/its_hand and_see/lo/see he_came_out his/its_woman and_she/it_said how you_have_made_a_breach for_yourself a_breach and_he/it_called his/its_name Fereʦ.
OET (OET-RV) However, it pulled its hand back in, then wow, its brother was delivered first. Then she[fn] said, “How did you manage to break out first?” So he named him ‘Perez’ (which means ‘break out’).
38:28 It’s not clear from the text who ‘she’ was—either the mother or the midwife. Similarly, the ‘he’ in the next sentence (and in the next verse) is presumably the father.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.