Nave’s Topical Bible
Judah
39 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Son of Jacob
- Intercedes for Joseph's life when his brothers were about to kill him, and proposes that they sell him to the Ishmaelites
- Takes two wives
- Lives at Chezib
- His incest with his daughter-in-law
- Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain)
- Prophetic benediction of his father upon
- The ancestor of Jesus
- Tribe of
- Prophecies concerning
- Enrollment of the military forces of
- At Sinai
- At Bezek
- On the plain of Moab
- Place of, in encampments and the march
- By whom commanded
- Moses' benediction upon
- Commissioned by God to lead in the conquest of the promised land
- Make David king
- Rebuked by David for lukewarmness toward him after Absalom's defeat
- Accused by the other tribes of stealing the heart of David
- Loyal to David at the time of the insurrection led by Sheba
- Is accorded the birthright forfeited by Reuben
- Loyal to the house of David at the time of the revolt of the ten tribes
- Inheritance of
- Name of two exiled priests
- A Benjamite
- A prince or priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem
Bible verses about “Judah”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- Genesis 37:26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
- Genesis 37:27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
- Genesis 38:1And 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.
- Genesis 38:2And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
- Genesis 38:3And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
- Genesis 38:4And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
- Genesis 38:5And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
- Genesis 38:6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
- Genesis 38:12And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
- Genesis 38:16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
- Genesis 38:17And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
- Genesis 38:18And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
- Genesis 38:19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
- Genesis 38:20And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
- Genesis 38:21Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
- Genesis 38:22And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
- Genesis 38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
- Genesis 38:24And 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.
- Genesis 38:25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
- Genesis 38:26And 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.
- Genesis 43:1And the famine was sore in the land.
- Genesis 43:2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
- Genesis 43:3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
- Genesis 43:4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
- Genesis 43:5But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
- Genesis 43:6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- Genesis 43:7And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
- Genesis 43:8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
- Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
- Genesis 43:10For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
- Genesis 44:14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
- Genesis 44:15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
- Genesis 44:16And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
- Genesis 44:17And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
- Genesis 44:18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 44:19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?