Judah
the one who pledged himself for Benjamin
Who was Judah?
- Fourth son of Jacob and Leah. His mother gave him that name when she said she would praise the Lord. Genesis 29:35
- He proposed selling his brother Joseph instead of killing him. Years later, he offered himself as a slave in place of his brother Benjamin. Genesis 37:26-27; Genesis 44:33
- He was the father of Perez and Zerah, whom he had with Tamar. Matthew names him in the genealogy of Jesus. Genesis 38:29-30; Matthew 1:2-3
What the Bible says
Genesis 29:35
The fourth time she conceived and bore a son, and said: now will I praise the Lord: and for this she called him Juda. And she left bearing.
Genesis 37:26-27; Genesis 44:33
26And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood? 27It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
Genesis 38:29-30; Matthew 1:2-3
29But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth: and the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? and therefore called his name Phares. 30Afterwards his brother came out, on whose hand was the scarlet thread: and she called him Zara.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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