12 The sons of (A)Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but (B)Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of (C)Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

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21 The sons of (A)Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

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10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.

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But Er, Judah's firstborn, (A)was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

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35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name (A)Judah.[a] Then she ceased bearing.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:35 Judah sounds like the Hebrew for praise

And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, (A)the Lion (B)of the tribe of Judah, (C)the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended (A)from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

(A)The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, (B)the son of David, (C)the son of Abraham.

(D)Abraham was the father of Isaac, and (E)Isaac the father of Jacob, and (F)Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and (G)Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:3 Greek Aram; also verse 4

68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he (A)loves.

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(A)though Judah became strong among his brothers and a (B)chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

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Descendants of David

(A)These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, (B)Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite, the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah; six were born to him in Hebron, (C)where he reigned for seven years and six months. (D)And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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(A)The sons of Judah: (B)Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. His daughter-in-law (C)Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

The (D)sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

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A Genealogy of David

These are the sons of (A)Israel: (B)Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, (C)Issachar, Zebulun,

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The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”

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And this he said of Judah:

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
    and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend[a] for him,
    and be a help against his adversaries.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:7 Probable reading; Hebrew With his hands he contended

19 The sons of (A)Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.

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26 Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 27 those listed of the tribe of Judah were (A)74,600.

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from Judah, (A)Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

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“Judah, (A)your brothers shall praise you;
    (B)your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
    (C)your father's sons shall bow down before you.
Judah is (D)a lion's cub;
    from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
(E)He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
    and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 The (F)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
    nor the ruler's staff (G)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
    and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 Binding his foal to the vine
    and his donkey's colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
    and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12 His (H)eyes are darker than wine,
    and his teeth whiter than milk.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh

24 About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law (A)has been immoral.[a] Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.”[b] And Judah said, “Bring her out, and (B)let her be burned.” 25 As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, (C)the signet and the cord and the staff.” 26 Then Judah identified them and said, (D)“She is more righteous than I, since (E)I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.

27 When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. 28 And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.” 29 But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore his name was called (F)Perez.[c] 30 Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called (G)Zerah.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:24 Or has committed prostitution
  2. Genesis 38:24 Or by prostitution
  3. Genesis 38:29 Perez means a breach

Judah and Tamar

38 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and (A)turned aside to a certain (B)Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was (C)Shua. He took her and went in to her, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name (D)Er.

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