וַיְהִ֥י בְלִדְתָּ֖הּ וַיִּתֶּן־יָ֑ד וַתִּקַּ֣ח הַמְיַלֶּ֗דֶת וַתִּקְשֹׁ֨ר עַל־יָד֤וֹ שָׁנִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר זֶ֖ה יָצָ֥א רִאשֹׁנָֽה׃
她生產的時候，一個孩子伸出一隻手來，接生婦就拿一條朱紅線綁在他手上，說：「這是先出來的。」
Dirshuni II
‘And it came to pass, when she gave birth, that he put forth his hand and the midwife took it and tied a red thread around it’ (Gen 38:28) - like the red of the rising sun - ‘and she called his name Rising Sun / Zerach.’ For red is like blood, and its tikun / fixing is the hope that we have for the scarlet thread: ‘Even though your sins are red as scarlet, they shall be whitened as the snow.’ (Isaiah 1:18)