She became pregnant again. She had a son. Then she said,“ This time I’ll praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

她又怀孕生子，说：“这回我要赞美耶和华”，因此给他起名叫犹大。这才停了生育。

她又怀孕生子，说：“这次我要赞美耶和华。”因此给他起名叫犹大。于是她停了生育。

她又怀孕生子，说：“这次我要赞美耶和华。”因此给他起名叫犹大。于是她停了生育。

后来，利亚再次怀孕，生了一个儿子，她说：“这次我要赞美耶和华！”于是，她给孩子取名叫犹大。之后，利亚停止了生育。

她又怀孕，生了一个儿子，就说：“这一次，我要赞美耶和华了。”因此给孩子起名叫犹大。这样，她才停止了生育。

她又怀孕，生了一个儿子，就说：“这次我要称谢耶和华。”因此给孩子起名为犹大。然后她停止了生育。

她又懷孕生子，說：「這回我要讚美耶和華」，因此給他起名叫猶大。這才停了生育。

她又懷孕生子，說：「這次我要讚美耶和華。」因此給他起名叫猶大。於是她停了生育。

她又懷孕生子，說：「這次我要讚美耶和華。」因此給他起名叫猶大。於是她停了生育。

後來，利亞再次懷孕，生了一個兒子，她說：「這次我要讚美耶和華！」於是，她給孩子取名叫猶大。之後，利亞停止了生育。

她又懷孕，生了一個兒子，就說：“這一次，我要讚美耶和華了。”因此給孩子起名叫猶大。這樣，她才停止了生育。

她又懷孕生子，就說：『這一次我要稱謝永恆主了』；因此她給孩子起名叫猶大。此後就停了生育了。

她又懷孕，生了一個兒子，就說：「這次我要稱謝耶和華。」因此給孩子起名為猶大。然後她停止了生育。

又妊生子、曰、我今頌美耶和華、故名子曰猶大、嗣後利亞不妊、

又妊生子、命名猶大、曰、我今必頌美耶和華、嗣後利亞久不妊。

又孕生子、曰、我今必頌美主、故名之曰猶大、猶大譯即頌美之義後、利亞暫停生育、

She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said,“ This time I will praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.

Once again Leah became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She named him Judah, for she said,“ Now I will praise the Lord!” And then she stopped having children.

And she conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said,“ Now I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.

And she conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“ This time I will praise the LORD.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

She conceived again, and bore a son. She said,“ This time I will praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

“ Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your enemies will be brought under your control. Your father’s sons will bow down to you.Judah, you are like a lion’s cub. You return from hunting, my son. Like a lion, you lie down and sleep. You are like a mother lion. Who dares to wake you up?The right to rule will not leave Judah. The ruler’s scepter will not be taken from between his feet. It will be his until the king it belongs to will come. The nations will obey that king.He will tie his donkey to a vine. He will tie his colt to the very best branch. He will wash his clothes in wine. He will wash his robes in the red juice of grapes.His eyes will be darker than wine. His teeth will be whiter than milk.

Here’s what Moses said about Judah.“ Lord, listen to Judah cry out. Bring him to his people. By his own power he stands up for himself. Lord, help him fight against his enemies!”

Then Judah went up to him. He said,“ Please, sir. Let me speak a word to you. Don’t be angry with me, even though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.You asked us,‘ Do you have a father or a brother?’We answered,‘ We have an old father. A young son was born to him when he was old. His brother is dead. He’s the only one of his mother’s sons left. And his father loves him.’“ Then you said to us,‘ Bring him down to me. I want to see him for myself.’We said to you,‘ The boy can’t leave his father. If he does, his father will die.’But you told us,‘ Your youngest brother must come down here with you. If he doesn’t, you won’t see my face again.’So we went back to my father. We told him what you had said.“ Then our father said,‘ Go back. Buy a little more food.’But we said,‘ We can’t go down. We’ll only go if our youngest brother goes there with us. We can’t even see the man’s face unless our youngest brother goes with us.’“ Your servant my father said to us,‘ You know that my wife had two sons by me.One of them went away from me. And I said,“ He must have been torn to pieces.” I haven’t seen him since.What if you take this one from me too and he is harmed? Then you would cause me to die as a sad old man. I would go down into the grave full of pain and suffering.’“ So now, what will happen if the boy isn’t with us when I go back to my father? His life depends on the boy’s life.When he sees that the boy isn’t with us, he’ll die. Because of us, he’ll go down into the grave as a sad old man.I promised my father I would keep the boy safe. I said,‘ Father, I’ll bring him back to you. If I don’t, you can put the blame on me for the rest of my life.’“ Now then, please let me stay here. Let me be your slave in place of the boy. Let the boy return with his brothers.How can I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? No! Don’t let me see the pain and suffering that would come to my father.”

The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah. But Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Judah spoke to Israel his father.“ Send the boy along with me,” he said.“ We’ll go right away. Then we and you and our children will live and not die.I myself promise to keep Benjamin safe. You can blame me if I don’t bring him back to you. I’ll set him right here in front of you. If I don’t, you can put the blame on me for the rest of my life.

Judah also did not have the rights of the oldest son. Judah didn’t have them even though he was the leader among his brothers. And a ruler came from his family line. But the rights of the oldest son belonged to Joseph.

The sons of Leah’s female servant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob’s sons. They were born in Paddan Aram.

At that time, Judah left his brothers. He went down to stay with a man named Hirah from the town of Adullam.There Judah met the daughter of a man from Canaan. His name was Shua. Judah married her and slept with her.She became pregnant and had a son. They named him Er.She became pregnant again and had another son. She named him Onan.She had still another son. She named him Shelah. He was born at Kezib.Judah got a wife for his oldest son Er. Her name was Tamar.But Judah’s oldest son Er was evil in the Lord’ s eyes. So the Lord put him to death.Then Judah said to Onan,“ Sleep with your brother’s wife. After all, you are her brother- in- law. So carry out your duty to her. Provide children for your brother.”But Onan knew that the children wouldn’t belong to him. So every time he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground. He did it so he wouldn’t provide children for his brother.What he did was evil in the Lord’ s eyes. So the Lord put him to death also.Then Judah spoke to his daughter- in- law Tamar. He said,“ Live as a widow in your father’s home. Wait there until my son Shelah grows up.” Judah was thinking,“ Shelah might die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s home.After a long time Judah’s wife died. She was the daughter of Shua. When Judah got over his sadness, he went up to Timnah. His friend Hirah from Adullam went with him. Men were clipping the wool from Judah’s sheep at Timnah.Tamar was told,“ Your father- in- law is on his way to Timnah to clip the wool from his sheep.”So she took off her widow’s clothes. She covered her face with a veil so people wouldn’t know who she was. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim. Enaim is on the road to Timnah. Tamar knew that Shelah had grown up. But she hadn’t been given to him as his wife.Judah saw her. He thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face with a veil.He didn’t realize that she was his daughter- in- law. He went over to her by the side of the road. He said,“ Come. Let me sleep with you.”“ What will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.“ I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” he said.“ Will you give me something that belongs to you?” she asked.“ I’ll keep it until you send the goat.”He said,“ What should I give you?”“ Give me your official seal and the string that it hangs from,” she answered.“ And give me your walking stick.” So he gave them to her. Then he slept with her. And she became pregnant by him.After she left, she took off her veil. She put on her widow’s clothes again.Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat he had promised. He wanted to get back what he had given to the woman. But his friend Hirah couldn’t find her.He asked the men who lived at Enaim,“ Where’s the temple prostitute? She used to sit beside the road here.”“ There hasn’t been any temple prostitute here,” they said.So Hirah went back to Judah. He said,“ I couldn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there didn’t know anything about her. They said,‘ There hasn’t been any temple prostitute here.’ ”Then Judah said,“ Let her keep what she has. I don’t want people making fun of us. After all, I did send her this young goat. We can’t help it if you couldn’t find her.”About three months later people brought word to Judah. They said,“ Your daughter- in- law Tamar is guilty of being a prostitute. Now she’s pregnant.” Judah said,“ Bring her out! Have her burned to death!”As Tamar was being brought out, she sent a message to her father- in- law. She said,“ I am pregnant by the man who owns these.” She continued,“ Do you recognize this seal and string and walking stick? Do you know who they belong to?”Judah recognized them. He said,“ She’s a better person than I am. I should have given her to my son Shelah, but I didn’t.” Judah never slept with Tamar again.The time came for Tamar to have her baby. There were twin boys inside her.As the babies were being born, one of them stuck out his hand. So the woman helping Tamar took a bright red thread. The woman tied it on the baby’s wrist. She said,“ This one came out first.”But he pulled his hand back, and his brother came out first instead. She said,“ Just look at how you have forced your way out!” So he was called Perez.Then his brother, who had the red thread on his wrist, came out. So he was named Zerah.