And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore she called his name, Judah; and ceased bearing.

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and came as far as to a certain man of Adullam, whose name was Hirah.

And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er.

And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by harlotry; and Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, Tamar is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son: and he never knew her again.

And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife, having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one shall come out first.

And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zerah.

Judah, your brothers have praised you, and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.

A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and He is the expectation of nations.

His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

For the sons of Judah according to their families, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the army,

the numbering of them of the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

And the sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Perez were: to Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; to Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

And this [is the blessing] of Judah: Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and visit his people: his hands shall contend for him, and You shall be a help from his enemies.

And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

These [are] the names of the sons of Israel:

The sons of Judah [were] Er, Onan, and Shelah. [These] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite woman. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, [was] wicked before the Lord, and He killed him.

The sons of Perez [were] Hezron and Hamul.

Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn [was] Amnon, [born] of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess.

The fifth, Shephatiah, [the son] of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah his wife.

And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon- four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel.

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

All [these were] the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and [there was also] Tamar their sister.

Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

And the sons of Josiah [were] Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

And the sons of Jeconiah [were] Assir, Shealtiel his son,

And the sons of Pedaiah [were] Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel [were] Meshullam, Hananiah, and Shelomith [was] their sister,

And the sons of Hananiah [were] Pelatiah and Jeshaiah his son, Rephaiah his son, Arnan his son, Obadiah his son, [and] Shechaniah his son.

And the sons of Neariah [were] Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three [in all].

And the sons of Judah [were] Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal;

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah [were] Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea.

for Judah [was] very mighty even among his brethren, and one was to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing [was] Joseph's).

but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:

Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.

For it is evident that our Lord has risen out of Judah, regarding which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, to open the scroll and its seven seals."