Yehudah

The fourth son of Jacob and Leah, at whose birth Leah said, ‘This time I will praise the LORD’ (Genesis 29:35). He proposed selling Joseph to the Ishmaelites (Genesis 37:26-27) and fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar (Genesis 38:29-30). In Jacob’s words over his sons, the scepter is said not to depart from Judah (Genesis 49:8-10). Matthew traces the line of Jesus through Judah and Perez (Matthew 1:2-3), as does Luke (Luke 3:33). His birth year is not stated in the text and is estimated from the birth order of Leah’s sons; his death is not recorded.

Approximate — birth year not stated in text

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