Judah son of Jacob

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Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.

Aliases (2)

Statements (70)
Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
eponymous ancestor
patriarch
son of Jacob
ancestorOf David
Davidic line
House of David
kings of Judah
associatedWith Messianic lineage in Christian tradition
Messianic lineage in Jewish tradition
biblicalBookChapter Genesis 29
Genesis 37
Genesis 38
Genesis 43
Genesis 44
Genesis 46
Genesis 49
birthOrder fourth son of Jacob and Leah
blessingReceived Genesis 49:8–12 blessing from Jacob
category Tribal patriarchs of Israel
Twelve sons of Jacob
child Er
Onan
Perez
Shelah
Zerah
eponymOf Tribe of Judah NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Judah
grandparent Isaac
Rebekah
greatGrandparent Abraham
Sarah
languageOfName Hebrew
laterKingdomNamedAfterTribe Kingdom of Judah
meaningOfName praise
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament
moralRecognition acknowledged Tamar as more righteous than himself
nameFormInEnglishTradition Judah NERFINISHED
nameFormInGreek Ioudas
nameFormInLatin Judas
narrativeRole central figure in the story of Tamar
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt
offered himself as surety for Benjamin
proposed selling Joseph instead of killing him
parent Jacob
Leah NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
sibling Asher son of Jacob
Benjamin son of Jacob NERFINISHED
Dan son of Jacob NERFINISHED
Gad son of Jacob NERFINISHED
Issachar son of Jacob
Joseph son of Jacob NERFINISHED
Levi son of Jacob
Naphtali son of Jacob
Reuben son of Jacob
Simeon son of Jacob
Zebulun son of Jacob
spouseOrPartner Shua’s daughter
Tamar
symbolAssociated lion
scepter
tribalAncestorOf Tribe of Judah
tribalTerritoryLaterIncluded Bethlehem
Jerusalem NERFINISHED

Referenced by (30)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Issachar ("Judah")
Levi ("Judah")
Naphtali ("Judah")
Reuben ("Judah")
Simeon ("Judah")
Zebulun ("Judah")
sibling
Zechariah ("Judah")
Zerubbabel ("Judah")
associatedWithPlace
Ethan the Ezrahite ("Judah")
Jebus ("Judah")
associatedWithTribe
Coniah ("Judah")
Jekonias ("Judah")
kingdom
Blessing of Moses ("Judah")
addressesTribe
King of Judah ("Judah")
appliesToJurisdiction
Rachel ("Judah")
auntOf
Jehoiakim ("Judah")
birthPlace
Gad ("Judah")
brother
Jehoiakim ("Judah")
deathPlace
Tribe of Judah ("Judah")
eponymousAncestor
Joseph and His Brothers ("Judah")
featuresCharacter
Zerubbabel ("Judah")
governedTerritory
Gad ("Judah")
halfBrother
Asher ("Judah")
halfBrotherOf
Israel ("Judah")
hasChild
Tribe of Judah ("Yehudah")
hebrewName
Mattaniah ("Judah")
monarchOf
Leah ("Judah")
motherOf
Tribe of Judah
namedAfter
Judas Iscariot ("Judah")
nameDerivedFrom
Rachel ("Judah")
stepmotherOf

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