Genesis 38:29

Pharez. The names of Tamar’s children were based on the interesting episode which occurred at their birth. When the twins were born in the reverse order from that in which they first appeared, the midwife addressed the second one reprovingly, saying as it were, “What a breach you have made for yourself,” meaning perhaps, “You really knew how to push yourself to the front.” From this saying of the midwife the boy received the name Pharez, “break.” Although the midwife did not consider him the first-born, he is henceforth always placed before Zarah in the genealogical lists (Gen. 46:12; Num. 26:20; etc.). He became the ancestor of King David (Ruth 4:18-22), and through him, of the Messiah (Matt. 1:3-16).