Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar; Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram,

'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are not at all the least among the leading places of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler, who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

Now in those days Mary got up and hurried off to the hill country, to a town in Judah,

the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

For it is very clear that our Lord sprang from Judah, a tribe about which Moses said nothing as to priests.

For, because He was dissatisfied with His people, He said: "'See; the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

But one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping! See! The Lion who sprang from the tribe of Judah, who belongs to the line of David, has conquered, so that He can open the book and break its seven seals."

twelve thousand from the tribe of Judah; twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben; twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad;