Judah

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Son of JacobGenesis 35:23
• Intercedes for Joseph's life when his brothers were about to kill him, and proposes that they sell him to the IshmaelitesGenesis 37:26Genesis 37:27
• Takes two wivesGenesis 38:1–6
• Lives at ChezibGenesis 38:5
• His incest with his daughter-in-lawGenesis 38:12–26
• Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain)Genesis 43:1–10Genesis 44:14–34Genesis 46:28
• Prophetic benediction of his father uponGenesis 49:8–12
• The ancestor of JesusMatthew 1:2Matthew 1:3Revelation 5:5
• 2. Tribe of
• Prophecies concerningGenesis 49:10
• Enrollment of the military forces of
• At SinaiNumbers 1:26Numbers 1:27Numbers 2:4

The passages, in Bible order (46)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 35:23

   The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 35:231 voice

   “The sons of Leah,.... Jacob's first wife, which are six, and are reckoned in order, according to their birth, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun.

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2. Genesis 37:26

   Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:262 voices

   “And Judah said unto his brethren,....

   “Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.

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3. Genesis 37:27

   Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 37:272 voices

   “And so that we may understand that all this concerning the people and the mystery of the Lord Jesus: Come, he says, let us sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites. What is the interpretation of the name Joseph, except that it signifies divine grace and the expression of the highest God? Who, therefore, is sold, except he who, while being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal to God: but he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant? For we would not have sent him, if they had not sold him.

   “Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.

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4. Genesis 38:1–6

   About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 38:1–62 voices

   “- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ǎdûllâm, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛, Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.” 3. ער ‛êr, ‘Er, “watching.” 4. אונן 'ônân, Onan, “strong.” 5. שׁלה shēlâh, Shelah, “request? rest.” כזיב kezı̂yb Kezib, “falsehood.” 6. תמר tāmār, Tamar, “palm.” 12. תמנה tı̂mnâh, Timnah, “counted or assigned.” 14. עינים 'êynayı̂m, ‘Enaim, “two fountains.” 29. פרץ perets, Perets, “breach.” This strange narrative is an episode in the history of Joseph; but an integral part of the “generations” of Jacob.

   “And it came to pass at that time,....

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5. Genesis 38:5

   Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 38:52 voices

   “(Chapter 38—Verse 5) And she added, and gave birth to a son, and called his name Shelah; but she was in Chezib when she gave birth to him. The Hebrew word here is used in place of a geographical name, which Aquila translated as a thing, saying: And she called his name Shelah. And it came to pass that she lied in childbirth after she gave birth to Shelah. For after she gave birth to Shelah, her childbirth ceased. Therefore, Chezib is called not a place name, but a deception.

   “And she conceived, and bare a son,....

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6. Genesis 38:12–26

   After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 38:12–262 voices

   “And in process of time the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, died,....

   “(Verse 12.) And Judas, having been comforted, went up to those who were shearing his sheep: himself, and his shepherd Hirah the Odollamite. For the shepherd is read as a friend. But the word is ambiguous, because with the same letters both names are written: but the friend Ree is read as the shepherd Roe.

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7. Genesis 43:1–10

   Now the famine was still severe in the land.

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   “And the famine was sore in the land. In the land of Canaan; it increased yet more and more: this is observed for the sake of what follows, showing the reason and necessity of Jacob's sons taking a second journey into Egypt.

   “- Joseph and His Eleven Brethren 11. דבשׁ debash, “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from the juice of the grape. בטנים bôṭen, “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd, “almond tree;” related: “awake.” The tree is also called לוּז lûz. Some refer the former to the fruit, the latter to the tree. The eleven brothers are now to bow down before Joseph. Gen 43:1-10 The famine was severe. The pressure began to be felt more and more. The twelve households had at length consumed all the corn they had purchased, and the famine still pressed heavily upon them.

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8. Genesis 44:14–34

   When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

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   “And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house,....

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9. Genesis 46:28

   Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 46:282 voices

   “(v. 28) But Judah was sent ahead of him to Joseph, to meet him in the city of Heroum in the land of Ramesse. In Hebrew, there is no city called Heroum, nor a land called Ramesse, but only Gesen. Some Jews assert that Gesen is now called Thebaid. And what follows afterwards: He gave them the best land in Egypt, in Ramesse, which they believe to be the village called Arsenoites in ancient times.

   “And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph,....

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10. Genesis 49:8–12

    Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 49:8–121 voice

    “This text appears to be directed to the patriarch Judah, indeed, but more so that later Judah is meant, the true confessor who was born of that tribe and who alone is praised by his brothers; of them he says, "I will declare your name to my brothers." He is the Lord by nature but a brother by grace; his hands, which he stretched out to an unbelieving people, are on the back of his enemies.

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11. Genesis 49:10

    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

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    “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,....

    “Yes, because they denied the true king, they began to have false kings. And so the patriarch is saying this: The inheritance of an unblemished line of succession, traced through the kings, will be kept among the judges and kings of the Jews, "until he comes for whom it has been reserved," reserved that he may gather together the church of God out of the assembly of all the nations and the devotion of the Gentile peoples.

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12. Numbers 1:26

    From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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13. Numbers 1:27

    those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

    ›Commentary on Numbers 1:271 voice

    “Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 74,600 men. See Gill on Num 1:20.

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14. Numbers 2:3

    On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:

    ›Commentary on Numbers 2:31 voice

    “And on the east side, towards the rising of the sun,.... Which rises in the east; or of all; for, as Jarchi observes, that which is "before" is called "Kedem", the east, as the west is called "behind": shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch, throughout their armies; the tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, formed one camp, which had its name from the principal tribe Judah; and this was divided into various regiments and companies, called armies, who severally pitched under one and the same standard.

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15. Numbers 2:4

    The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab, and his division numbers 74,600.

    ›Commentary on Numbers 2:41 voice

    “And his host, and those that were numbered of them,....

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16. Numbers 2:9

    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.

    ›Commentary on Numbers 2:91 voice

    “All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies,.... 186,400 men.

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