Genesis 35:26

26The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Genesis 38

Judah and Tamar

1It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and aturned aside to a certain bAdullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was cShua. He took her and went in to her, 3and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name dEr. 4She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name eOnan. 5Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name fShelah. Judah
Hebrew He
was in Chezib when she bore him.

6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, hwas wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death. 8Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to iyour brother’s wife and jperform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” 9But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother’s wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother. 10And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also. 11Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, kRemain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained lin her father’s house.

12In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah mwas comforted, he went up to nTimnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13And when Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,” 14she took off her widow’s garments oand covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to pEnaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, qand she had not been given to him in marriage. 15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—” 18He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, r“Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19Then she arose and went away, and taking off sher veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

20When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. 21And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute
Hebrew sacred woman; a woman who served a pagan deity by prostitution; also verse 22
who was at uEnaim at the roadside?” And they said, “No cult prostitute has been here.”
22So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been here.’” 23And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her.”

24About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law vhas been immoral.
Or  has committed prostitution
Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.”
Or  by prostitution
And Judah said, “Bring her out, and ylet her be burned.”
25As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, zthe signet and the cord and the staff.” 26Then Judah identified them and said, aa“She is more righteous than I, since abI did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.

27When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. 28And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.” 29But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore his name was called acPerez.
 Perez means a breach
30Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called aeZerah.

Genesis 43:8-9

8And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may aflive and not die, both we and you and also our little ones. 9I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. agIf I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.

Genesis 44:18-34

18Then Judah went up to him and said, ah“Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and ailet not your anger burn against your servant, for ajyou are like Pharaoh himself. 19My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’ 20And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, akand a young brother, althe child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’ 21Then you said to your servants, am‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’ 22We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, anhis father would die.’ 23Then you said to your servants, aoUnless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.’

24“When we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25And when apour father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,’ 26we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’ 27Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me aqtwo sons. 28One left me, and I said, arSurely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have never seen him since. 29If you astake this one also from me, atand harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’

30Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life, 31as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. 32For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, auIf I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’ 33Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers. 34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”

Genesis 46:12

12The sons of avJudah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but awEr and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of axPerez were Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 49:8-12

8 Judah, ayyour brothers shall praise you;
azyour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
bayour father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9Judah is bba lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
bcHe stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10The bdscepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff befrom between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;
By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum)  until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh

and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12His bgeyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.

Deuteronomy 33:7

7And this he said of Judah:

Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend
Probable reading; Hebrew  With his hands he contended
for him,
and be a help against his adversaries.”

1 Chronicles 5:2

2 bithough Judah became strong among his brothers and a bjchief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
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