Facts about Judah
When Jacob balks at sending Benjamin, Judah offers himself as surety for Benjamin's safety.
Accordingly, the reason that Judah no longer lived with his brothers afterward is that—after witnessing Jacob's grief at the loss of Joseph—the brothers held Judah responsible and ousted him.
Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock."
The Bible itself admits that tribe of Judah was not purely Israelite in character, but contained a number of others, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites, merging into the tribe at various points.
Judah declares: "I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him.
Rabbinical sources state that Judah was the leader of his brothers, terming him the king.
Infuriated, Judah demanded that she be brought from her father's house for punishment: "Bring her out and have her burned to death!"
The text of the Torah explains that the name Judah (Yehuda) refers to Leah's intent to praise Yahweh, on account of having achieved four children.
Rabbinical sources held Judah to have been the leader of his brothers, judging him guilty of harming Joseph and deceiving Jacob by telling him that Joseph was dead.
The Yahwist, on the other hand, was concerned with the leading southern tribe of Judah.
Divine punishment was also inflicted on Judah in the form of the death of Er and Onan, and of his wife.
According to the rabbinical literature, Judah was born on the fifteenth of Sivan.
The dalet has the numerical value 4, which rabbinical sources argue refers to Judah being Jacob's fourth son.
The accounts of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood are among the best-known stories of the Bible.
The story of Judah and Tamar is described in a passage widely regarded as an abrupt change to the surrounding narrative.
Judah kills Jashub, king of Tappuah, in hand-to-hand combat, after first de-horsing him by throwing an extremely heavy stone at him from a large distance.
Several extra-biblical sources give the story of Judah's plea much more extensively than the version in Genesis.
Judah/Yehuda (Hebrew: ????????, Standard Y?huda) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Judah.
Rabbinical sources also allude to a war between the Canaanites and Judah's family, resulting from of the destruction of Shechem in revenge for the rape of Dinah.
Some sources have Judah angrily picking up a heavy stone (400 shekels in weight), throwing it into the air, then grinding it to dust with his feet once it had landed.
Judah also killed many members of Jashub's army—42 men according to the Book of Jasher and 1000 according to the Testament of Judah.
In Christian tradition, Judah is also the forefather of Jesus Christ.
According to Genesis 38, Judah left his brothers and lived with a man from Adullam named Hirah.
Before the sentence could be carried out, however, Judah received a message from Tamar.
When they return to Canaan, Judah is the spokesman for the group in reporting to Jacob regarding the terms of additional grain sales.
Judah's plea finally moves Joseph to reveal his true identity and bring the story to its happy conclusion.
Judah later pleads on behalf of Benjamin, ultimately making Joseph recant and reveal his identity.
The Book of Chronicles describes Judah as the strongest of his brothers, and rabbinical literature portrays him as having had extraordinary physical strength.
Years later, after the death of his own wife, Judah went to the town of Timnah with his friend Hirah for a sheep-sheering festival.
The woman agreed to these terms but demanded Judah's staff and seal as collateral.
After the festival, Judah returned home and sent his friend Hirah with the goat to pay the woman and get back his staff and seal.
Judah declares: "I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him.
Years later, after the death of his own wife, Judah went to the town of Timnah with his friend Hirah for a sheep-sheering festival.