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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.
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the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
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So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
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Judah and Tamar
It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.
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And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.
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Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.
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And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”
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Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
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Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
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When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.
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And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.
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So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.”
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Then Judah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”
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And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry.” So Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”
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So Judah acknowledged them and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he never knew her again.
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But Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
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Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.
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So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.
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Then Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; here we are, my lord’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.”
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Judah Intercedes for Benjamin
Then Judah came near to him and said: “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh.
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The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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Jacob Settles in Goshen
Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.
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“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.
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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?
