And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

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

These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and 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, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,

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

And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.

And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.

The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.