Topic: Persons Of The Bible - Judah

The name Judah is from the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) which means "praise, praised, or celebrated."

Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and the fourth of Leah. (B.C. after 1753.) The name originated in Leah's words of praise to the Lord on account of Judah 's birth: "Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah" (Gen. 29:35). Of Judah 's personal character more traits are preserved than of any other of the patriarchs, with the exception of Joseph, whose life Judah , in conjunction with Reuben, saved. (Genesis 37:26-28) During the second visit to Egypt for corn it was Judah who understood he was to be responsible for the safety of Benjamin, ch. (Genesis 43:3-10) and when, through Joseph's artifice, the brothers were brought back to the palace, Judah is again the leader and spokesman of the band. So too it is Judah who is sent before Jacob to smooth the way for Joseph in the land of Goshen . ch. (Genesis 46:28) It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that Joseph's life was spared (Gen. 37:26, 27). Judah took a lead in the affairs of the family, and "prevailed above his brethren" (Gen. 43:3-10; 44:14, 16-34; 46:28; 1 Chr. 5:2). Judah 's ascendancy over his brethren is reflected in the last words addressed to him by his father. Soon after the sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites, Judah went to reside at Adullam, where Judah married a woman of Canaan . After the death of his wife Shuah, Judah returned to his father's house, and there exercised much influence over the patriarch, taking a principal part in the events which led to the whole family at length going down into Egypt. We hear nothing more of Judah till he received his father's blessing (Gen. 49:8-12).

Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries

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