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Jacob and Judah
How Jacob and Judah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jacob was a parent of Judah.
Judah persuaded his father to let Benjamin go down to Egypt by standing surety for him. Jacob's last words promised that "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah".
And Judah said unto Israel his father
Genesis 43:8, King James Version
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah
Genesis 49:10, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 43:8-10
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 43:8-10
8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
10For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
Genesis 49:10
10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
King James Version