The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 36
Judah 1
Judah was the fourth son of Jacob, and his mother named him Judah because she gave thanks for a fourth son.
1he copy of the words of Judah, what things he spake to his sons before he died.
2 They gathered themselves together, and came to him, and he said to them: I was the fourth son born to my father, and my mother called me Judah, saying, I give thanks to the Lord, because He hath given to me even a fourth son.
3 I was swift and active in my youth, and obedient to my father in everything.
4 And I honoured my mother and my mother’s sister.
5 And it came to pass, when I became a man, that my father Jacob prayed over me, saying, Thou shalt be a king, and prosperous in all things.
Did You Know?
Judah was the fourth son of Jacob, and his mother named him Judah because she gave thanks for a fourth son.
In his youth Judah was swift and active, and he remained obedient to his father in everything.
Judah told his sons that he had honoured both his mother and his mother's sister.
When Judah became a man, his father Jacob prayed over him that he would be a king and prosperous in all things.
Before he died, Judah gathered his sons together and spoke to them the words recorded as his testament.
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