“thread” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word thread appears 4 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 4 matching verses are shown below.
- Genesis 14:23 That from the very woof thread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say: I have enriched Abram.
- Genesis 38:27 And when she was ready to be brought to bed, there appeared twins in her womb: and in the very delivery of the infants, one put forth a hand, whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread, saying:
- Genesis 38:30 Afterwards his brother came out, on whose hand was the scarlet thread: and she called his name Zara.
- Judges 16:9 Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.