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

and Judah begot Perez and Zerah from Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram,

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of thee will come forth a man who rules, who will tend my people Israel.

Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him.

And having risen in these days, Mary went with haste into the hill country, into a city of Judah,

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

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

For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, regarding which tribe Moses spoke nothing about the priesthood.

For, finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says Lord, and I will perfect a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

And one of the elders says to me, Weep not, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame to open the book and the seven seals of it.

Twelve thousand were sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad,