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Eleazar and Judah
How Eleazar and Judah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Judah was an ancestor of Eleazar.
Eleazar's mother Elisheba was "daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon". Her father Amminadab, who begat Nahshon, came from Judah through Pharez, Hezron and Ram.
Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar
Exodus 6:23, King James Version
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez
Genesis 46:12, King James Version
Pharez begat Hezron
Ruth 4:18, King James Version
And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab
Ruth 4:19, King James Version
And Amminadab begat Nahshon
Ruth 4:20, King James Version
Where they cross: Exodus 6:23
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 46:12
12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
Exodus 6:23
23And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Ruth 4:18
18Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
Ruth 4:19
19And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
Ruth 4:20
20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
King James Version