Ruth 4:12

Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

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

She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.

The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.

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

Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.

Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.

Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.

All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.

He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.

Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.

Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.

Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred ninety.

He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.

Some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”