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Judah is the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob and his first wife, Leah: his full brothers are Reuben, Simeon and Levi (all older), and Issachar and Zebulun (younger), and he has one full sister, Dinah.
The Hebrew Bible depicts the Kingdom of Judah as one of the two successor states of the United Kingdom of Israel, a term denoting the united monarchy under biblical kings Saul, David, and Solomon and covering the territory of Judah and Israel.
12 Facts About Judah Every Jew Should Know. By Menachem Posner. Art by Sefira Lightstone. 1. He Was the Fourth Son of Jacob and Leah. Leah, the first of Jacob’s four wives, was the mother of six of his 12 sons.
Judah, one of the 12 tribes of Israel, descended from Judah, who was the fourth son born to Jacob and his first wife, Leah. It is disputed whether the name Judah was originally that of the tribe or the territory it occupied and which was transposed from which.
The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan's hill country during the late second millennium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millennium BCE.
The Bible speaks more about the tribe of Judah than any other single tribe of Israel. Why is this tribe given so much attention? Who is the Lion of the tribe of Judah? What is Judah’s future?
The fourth son of Jacob by Leah (Gen 29:35), who took a leading role among his brothers early in life (Gen 37:26, 27; 43:3-10; 44:16-34; 46:28). Judah was promised leadership and tribal stability, and ultimately kingship through David and the Messiah (Gen 49:8-12). The genealogies of Judah’s offspring occur in 1 Chronicles 2-4.
Judah / Yehuda (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה, Standard Yəhuda) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Judah. He lived in the patriarchal times, traditionally believed to be around the twentieth century B.C.E.
The kingdom of Judah comprised, besides the tribe of Judah, most of Benjamin and, apparently, eventually the tribe of Simeon, which was isolated in the southernmost area of Israel. As the tribe of Judah grew in power, it practically absorbed Benjamin and Simeon.
The tribe of Judah stands out among the twelve tribes because of its associations with the house of David, the southern kingdom of Judah, and its capital in Jerusalem. The early stories in the biblical narrative establish the importance of the tribe’s founding father, Judah, and by extension, the tribal members.
