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Person

Judah

Judah (patriarch)

Born
1755 BC
Attested
1755–1701 BC
Era
Patriarchs, Israel in Egypt

Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah.

Family & connections

Parents
Siblings
Half-siblings
Children
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Line of descent

24 generations back to God, following the father where one is recorded.

  1. God
  2. Adam
  3. Seth
  4. Enos
  5. Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)
  6. Mahalaleel (line of Seth)
  7. Jared
  8. Enoch (father of Methuselah)
  9. Methuselah
  10. Lamech (father of Noah)
  11. Noah
  12. Shem
  13. Arphaxad
  14. Cainan (son of Arphaxad)
  15. Salah
  16. Eber (Heber)
  17. Peleg
  18. Reu
  19. Serug
  20. Nahor (father of Terah)
  21. Terah
  22. Abraham
  23. Isaac
  24. Jacob (Israel)
  25. Judah (patriarch)

Descendants

Three generations.

Events

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah” (Gen. 29:35).

It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared (Gen. 37:26, 27). He took a lead in the affairs of the family, and “prevailed above his brethren” (Gen. 43:3-10; 44:14, 16-34; 46:28; 1 Chr. 5:2).

Soon after the sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites, Judah went to reside at Adullam, where he married a woman of Canaan. After the death of his wife Shuah, he returned to his father’s house, and there exercised much influence over the patriarch, taking a principal part in the events which led to the whole family at length going down into Egypt. We hear nothing more of him till he received his father’s blessing (Gen. 49:8-12).

In Scripture

245 verses in 13 books
  • Genesis29:35; 35:23; 37:26; 38:1–2, 6–8, 11–12, 15, 20, 22–24, 26; 43:3, 8; 44:14, 16, 18; 46:12, 28; 49:8–10
  • Exodus1:2; 31:2; 35:30; 38:22
  • Numbers1:7, 26–27; 2:3, 9; 7:12; 10:14; 13:6; 26:19–20, 22; 34:19
  • Deuteronomy27:12; 33:7; 34:2
  • Joshua7:1, 16–18; 11:21; 14:6; 15:1, 12–13, 20–21, 63; 18:5, 11, 14; 19:1, 9, 34; 20:7; 21:4, 9, 11
  • Judges1:2–4, 8–10, 16–19; 10:9; 15:9–11; 17:7; 18:12; 20:18
  • Ruth1:7; 4:12
  • 1 Samuel11:8; 15:4; 17:1, 52; 18:16; 22:5; 23:3, 23; 27:6, 10; 30:14, 16, 26
  • 2 Samuel1:18; 2:1, 4, 7, 10–11; 3:8, 10; 5:5; 6:2; 11:11; 12:8; 19:11, 14–16, 40–43; 20:2, 4–5; 21:2; 24:1, 7, 9
  • 1 Kings1:9, 35; 2:32; 4:20, 25; 12:17, 20–21, 23, 27, 32; 13:1, 12, 14, 21; 14:21–22, 29; 15:1, 7, 9, 17, 22–23, 25, 28, 33; 16:8, 10, 15, 23, 29; 19:3; 22:2, 10, 29, 41, 45, 51
  • 2 Kings1:17; 3:1, 7, 9, 14; 8:16, 19–20, 22–23, 25, 29; 9:16, 21, 27, 29; 10:13; 12:18–19; 13:1, 10, 12; 14:1, 9–13, 15, 17–18, 21–23, 28; 15:1, 6, 8, 13, 17, 23, 27, 32, 36–37; 16:1, 19; 17:1, 13, 18–19; 18:1, 5, 13–14, 16, 22; 19:10, 30; 20:20; 21:11–12, 16–17, 25; 22:13, 16, 18; 23:1–2, 5, 8, 11–12, 17, 22, 24
  • Psalms69:35
  • Jeremiah32:2; 38:22

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