Person
Judah (patriarch)
Mentioned in 245 verses across 13 books, first in Numbers 1:7. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 12 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Numbers
- Numbers 1:7
from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
- 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,
- Numbers 1:27
those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
- Numbers 2:3
On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab,
- Numbers 2:9
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
- Numbers 7:12
On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.
- Numbers 10:14
First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
- Numbers 13:6
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
- Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
- Numbers 26:20
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
- Numbers 26:22
These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.
- Numbers 34:19
These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
Events
Events the dataset lists Judah (patriarch) as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1755 BCBirth of Judah
- c. 1728 BCJoseph sold to Egypt
- c. 1721 BCBirth of Perez
- c. 1708 BC7 years of famine
- c. 1706 BCJoseph's brothers return to Egypt
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah” (Gen. 29:35).
It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared (Gen. 37:26, 27). He took a lead in the affairs of the family, and “prevailed above his brethren” (Gen. 43:3-10; 44:14, 16-34; 46:28; 1 Chr. 5:2).
Soon after the sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites, Judah went to reside at Adullam, where he married a woman of Canaan. After the death of his wife Shuah, he returned to his father’s house, and there exercised much influence over the patriarch, taking a principal part in the events which led to the whole family at length going down into Egypt. We hear nothing more of him till he received his father’s blessing (Gen. 49:8-12).