Born 1793 BC in Hebron, Canaan, Palestine. Married Tamar there in about1739 BC. Died after 1693 BC in Rameses, Goshen, Egypt.
(Adam's gg son 20) Fourth son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:35; 37:26-27;43:3,8; 44:16; 49:8 ff.; Deut. 33:7). From these passages we see that hewas a natural leader among the sons of Jacob, and the tribe descendedfrom him took the lead after the settlement in Canaan, its chief rivalbeing Ephraim. (Jews) See Bible Dict. page 718; W. Cleon Skousen's "TheThird Thousand Years"
Judah, in the Old Testament, name of the fourth son of Jacob and of oneof the 12 tribes of Israel; the early history of the tribe may berepresented in the story of Jacob's son (see GENESIS 29, 35, 38).According to the Book of Exodus the tribe formed the vanguard in themarch through the wilderness out of Egypt, and the succeeding biblicalbooks recording the later history of Israel portray Judah as predominant.After the reign of Solomon, king of Israel and Judah, the tribes of Judahand Benjamin formed a separate, southern kingdom (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 25).