“Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.”
Matthew 1:2
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Connection with Leah, mother of Judah
Judah was the fourth son of Leah, the woman Jacob never picked. Matthew traced Jesus' line straight through Judah on the first page of his Gospel, and Jesus is "the Lion of the tribe of Judah" (Revelation 5:5).
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