Abraham begot Isaac: Isaac begot Jacob: Jacob begot Judah and his brothers:

Judah begot Phares and Zarah of Thamar: Phares begot Hezron: Hezron begot Aram:

And thou, Bethlehem, city of Judah, art by no means the least among the chiefs of Judah; for out of thee shall come a leader, that shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they found in him cause for offense.

And Mary arose in those days, and went with haste into the mountainous country, into a city of Judah;

son of Maath, son of Mattathiah, son of Shimoi, son of Joseph, son of Judah,

son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonan, son of Eliakim,

son of Aminidab, son of Aram, son of Esrom, son of Phares, son of Judah,

For it is very clear that our Lord sprung from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

For, finding fault with them, he says: Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will ratify a new covenant for the house of Israel, and for the house of Judah:

And one of the elders said to me: Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has the power to open the book and its seven seals.

Of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed: of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand were sealed: of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand were sealed: