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.

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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?

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   “What profit is it if we slay our brother? - It will be less guilt and more gain to sell him. And as Joseph was sold by the contrivance of Judah for twenty pieces of silver, so was our Lord Jesus for thirty, and by one of the same name too, Judas.

   “What profit is it if we slay our brother?--The sight of these travelling merchants gave a sudden turn to the views of the conspirators; for having no wish to commit a greater degree of crime than was necessary for the accomplishment of their end, they readily approved of Judah's suggestion to dispose of their obnoxious brother as a slave.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 37:26→

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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 37:271 voice

   “What profit is it if we slay our brother?--The sight of these travelling merchants gave a sudden turn to the views of the conspirators; for having no wish to commit a greater degree of crime than was necessary for the accomplishment of their end, they readily approved of Judah's suggestion to dispose of their obnoxious brother as a slave.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 37:27→

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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.

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   “What is here related, so far from inflating the minds of the sons of Judah, ought rather to cover them with shame. Now although, at first sight, the dignity of Christ seems to be somewhat tarnished by such dishonor: yet since here also is seen that "emptying" of which St. Paul speaks, it rather redounds to his glory, than, in the least degree, detracts from it.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 38:1–6→

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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

   And he was at Chezib when she bare him - This town is supposed to be the same with Achzib, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44. “The name,” says Ainsworth, “has in Hebrew the signification of lying; and to it the prophet alludes, saying the houses of Achzib shall be (Achzab) a lie to the kings of Israel, Mic 1:14.”

   “(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.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 38:5→

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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.

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   “Judah . . . went up unto his sheep-shearers--This season, which occurs in Palestine towards the end of March, was spent in more than usual hilarity, and the wealthiest masters invited their friends, as well as treated their servants, to sumptuous entertainments. Accordingly, it is said, Judah was accompanied by his friend Hirah.

   “(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.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 38:12–26→

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7. Genesis 43:1–10

   Now the famine was still severe in the land.

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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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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.

   “He sent Judah before him unto Joseph - Judah was certainly a man of sense, and also an eloquent man; and of him Joseph must have had a very favorable opinion from the speech he delivered before him, Gen 44:18, etc.; he was therefore chosen as the most proper person to go before and announce Jacob’s arrival to his son Joseph.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 46:28→

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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 49:8–122 voices

    THESE words were spoken by the Patriarch Jacob when he blessed his sons as he lay a-dying. But before he finished Judah's blessing, the good old man seemed to forget his son and to turn his thoughts to Jesus, our Lord, of whom Judah was a very significant type. Jacob compared Judah to a lion and a lion's whelp—and in the Revelation we read that one of the elders said to John, "The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loosen the seven seals thereof."

    “Judah's name signifies praise, in allusion to which he saith, Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise, God was praised for him, chap. xxix, 35, praised by him, and praised in him; and therefore his brethren shall praise him. Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies - This was fulfilled in David, Psalm xviii, 40.

    Everything gathered on Genesis 49:8–12→

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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 dying Patriarch was speaking of his own son, Judah, but while speaking of Judah, he had a special eye to our Lord, who sprang from the tribe of Judah. Everything, therefore, which he says of Judah, the type, he means with regard to our greater Judah, the Antitype, our Lord Jesus Christ. You will remember how Jacob gathered his 12 sons around his bed and, addressing them individually as representatives of the 12 tribes that bear their names, uttered different predictions, and gave to each a special blessing.

    “The scepter shall not depart from Judah till Shiloh come - Jacob here foretels, (1.) That the scepter should come into the tribe of Judah, which was fulfilled in David, on whose family the crown was entailed.

    Everything gathered on Genesis 49:10→

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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.

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    “God's blessing, however, is most conspicuous in the tribe of Judah, in correspondence with the prophecy of Jacob; for by this prerogative, as it were, it was already called to the right of primogeniture and to supremacy, inasmuch as it surpassed all the principal ones.

    Everything gathered on Numbers 1:27→

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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 2:32 voices

    “Judah - This tribe was in the first post, and in their marches led the van, not only because it was the most numerous, but chiefly because Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, was to descend from it: Yea, from the loins of Nahshon, who is here appointed the chief captain of it.

    “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.

    Everything gathered on Numbers 2:3→

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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.

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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.

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