JUDAH

• Fourth born to Jacob (Israel)
• Name means "praise" 
• Mother was Leah, Jacob's first but less favored wife.
• Full brothers:  Reuben, Simeon & Levi (older), Issachar & Zebulun (younger)
• Six half brothers:  Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph & Benjamin.
• Instigator in plan to kill Joseph.  Was going to kill him with a knife but Levi stopped him, suggesting they throw him in a pit instead.
• Married ta Canaanite woman.
• Had three children: Er, Onan and Shelah with her.
• Had sex with his daughter-in-law thinking she was a prostitute, she became pregnant and bore two sons, twins, Pharez and Zerah, Judah's fourth & fifth sons.
• His allotted land included the city of Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
• Judah became the name of the southern kingdom when Israel was divided into two kingdoms.