Judah (son of Jacob)

Judah was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah and the founder of the Tribe of Judah of the Israelites. By extension, he is indirectly the eponym of the Kingdom of Judah, the land of Judea, and the word Jew.

Quotes

(To the brothers who wanted to kill Joseph) So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened.
- Genesis 37:26-27 NKJV.

(After the death of his firstborn son Er, to his second son Onan) And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”
- Genesis 38:8 NKJV.

(About Leah) And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
- Genesis 29:35 NKJV.

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright; yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s—
- 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 NKJV.

Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; / Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; / Your father’s children shall bow down before you. / Judah is a lion’s whelp; / From the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He bows down, he lies down as a lion; / And as a lion, who shall rouse him? / The scepter shall not depart from Judah. / Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, / Until Shiloh comes; / And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
- Genesis 48:8-10 NKJV.

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