Judah
fourth-born son of Jacob (GEN 29:35), son of Leah
PersonTribe of Judahmale132 verses
Names
- Judah — יְהוּדָה yəhudah “praised” (H3063) · Ιουδα Iouda — Genesis 29:35
Family
- father of Er (firstborn son of Judah) (inferred)
- father of Onan (inferred)
- father of Shelah (third-born son of Judah) (inferred)
- father of Perez (inferred)
- father of Zerah (son of Judah and Tamar) (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Hur (supported Moses' hands during the battle…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jephunneh (father of Caleb)
- ancestor of Jabez
- ancestor of Asaiah (Shilonite living in Jerusalem) (inferred)
- ancestor of Sheshbazzar (inferred)
Siblings
- half-brother of Dan (inferred)
- half-brother of Naphtali (inferred)
- half-brother of Gad (seventh-born son of Jacob, son of Zilpah…) (inferred)
- half-brother of Asher (inferred)
- brother of Issachar (ninth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- brother of Zebulun (inferred)
- brother of Dinah (inferred)
- half-brother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- half-brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Associations
- concubinator of Tamar (wife of Er, and mother of Perez and Zerah by…) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Judah* — 2,258 AH · 1,755 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 29:35
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Judah* (Genesis 35:26)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Jerusalem — 8 shared verses
- Edom — 4 shared verses
- Negeb — 4 shared verses
- Canaan — 2 shared verses
- Egypt — 2 shared verses
- Hebron — 2 shared verses
- Kabzeel — 2 shared verses
- Adullam — 1 shared verse
- Ammon — 1 shared verse
- Arad 2 — 1 shared verse
- Beth-ashbea — 1 shared verse
- Beth-horon — 1 shared verse
and 21 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- Genesis 29:35
- Genesis 35:23
- Genesis 37:26
- Genesis 38:1
- Genesis 38:2
- Genesis 38:6
- Genesis 38:7
- Genesis 38:8
- Genesis 38:11
- Genesis 38:12
- Genesis 38:15
- Genesis 38:20
and 120 further references.