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.

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.

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.

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.

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. You will grasp your enemies by the neck. All your relatives will bow before you.Judah, my son, is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness— who dares to rouse him?The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.He ties his foal to a grapevine, the colt of his donkey to a choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

Moses said this about the tribe of Judah:“ O Lord, hear the cry of Judah and bring them together as a people. Give them strength to defend their cause; help them against their enemies!”

Then Judah stepped forward and said,“ Please, my lord, let your servant say just one word to you. Please, do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.“ My lord, previously you asked us, your servants,‘ Do you have a father or a brother?’And we responded,‘ Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’“ And you said to us,‘ Bring him here so I can see him with my own eyes.’But we said to you,‘ My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.’But you told us,‘ Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again.’“ So we returned to your servant, our father, and told him what you had said.Later, when he said,‘ Go back again and buy us more food,’we replied,‘ We can’t go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We’ll never get to see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’“ Then my father said to us,‘ As you know, my wife had two sons,and one of them went away and never returned. Doubtless he was torn to pieces by some wild animal. I have never seen him since.Now if you take his brother away from me, and any harm comes to him, you will send this grieving, white haired man to his grave.’“ And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life.If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white haired man to his grave.My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him,‘ If I don’t bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.’“ So please, my lord, let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”

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

Judah said to his father,“ Send the boy with me, and we will be on our way. Otherwise we will all die of starvation— and not only we, but you and our little ones.I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don’t bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever.

The descendants of Judah became the most powerful tribe and provided a ruler for the nation, but the birthright belonged to Joseph.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These are the names of the sons who were born to Jacob at Paddan aram.

About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah.There he saw a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, and he married her. When he slept with her,she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and he named the boy Er.Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, and she named him Onan.And when she gave birth to a third son, she named him Shelah. At the time of Shelah’s birth, they were living at Kezib.In the course of time, Judah arranged for his firstborn son, Er, to marry a young woman named Tamar.But Er was a wicked man in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord took his life.Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan,“ Go and marry Tamar, as our law requires of the brother of a man who has died. You must produce an heir for your brother.”But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.But the Lord considered it evil for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the Lord took Onan’s life, too.Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter in law,“ Go back to your parents’ home and remain a widow until my son Shelah is old enough to marry you.”( But Judah didn’t really intend to do this because he was afraid Shelah would also die, like his two brothers.) So Tamar went back to live in her father’s home.Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.Someone told Tamar,“ Look, your father in law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow’s clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.Judah noticed her and thought she was a prostitute, since she had covered her face.So he stopped and propositioned her.“ Let me have sex with you,” he said, not realizing that she was his own daughter in law.“ How much will you pay to have sex with me?” Tamar asked.“ I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah promised.“ But what will you give me to guarantee that you will send the goat?” she asked.“ What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied. She answered,“ Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.Afterward she went back home, took off her veil, and put on her widow’s clothing as usual.Later Judah asked his friend Hirah the Adullamite to take the young goat to the woman and to pick up the things he had given her as his guarantee. But Hirah couldn’t find her.So he asked the men who lived there,“ Where can I find the shrine prostitute who was sitting beside the road at the entrance to Enaim?”“ We’ve never had a shrine prostitute here,” they replied.So Hirah returned to Judah and told him,“ I couldn’t find her anywhere, and the men of the village claim they’ve never had a shrine prostitute there.”“ Then let her keep the things I gave her,” Judah said.“ I sent the young goat as we agreed, but you couldn’t find her. We’d be the laughingstock of the village if we went back again to look for her.”About three months later, Judah was told,“ Tamar, your daughter in law, has acted like a prostitute. And now, because of this, she’s pregnant.”“ Bring her out, and let her be burned!” Judah demanded.But as they were taking her out to kill her, she sent this message to her father in law:“ The man who owns these things made me pregnant. Look closely. Whose seal and cord and walking stick are these?”Judah recognized them immediately and said,“ She is more righteous than I am, because I didn’t arrange for her to marry my son Shelah.” And Judah never slept with Tamar again.When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child’s wrist, announcing,“ This one came out first.”But then he pulled back his hand, and out came his brother!“ What!” the midwife exclaimed.“ How did you break out first?” So he was named Perez.Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.