Was Judah, (one of the twelve sons of Jacob (Israel)), the one who sold his brother Joseph the first born son of Jacobs beloved Rachel for twenty pieces of silver, who was then taken to Egypt as a slave?
2007-07-13 17:43:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt." - Genesis 37:28
Judah came up with the idea to sell Joseph into slavery.
2007-07-13 17:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leah gave birth to Judah.
It was his idea to sell his brother Joseph to a Midianite slave trader rather than leave him to die in the pit .
He later became the spokesman for his father Jacob and his brothers when they traveled to Egypt during the famine in Canaan.
The tribe of Judah inhabited Jerusalem during the reign of its kings David and Solomon and was later the kingdom of all of the southern tribes of Israel.
2007-07-13 17:50:44 · answer #2 · answered by Isabella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Judah- - - - -
1. Jacob’s fourth son by his wife Leah. (Ge 29:35; 1Ch 2:1) After spending about nine years of his life at Haran in Paddan-aram, Judah was taken with all of Jacob’s household to Canaan. (Compare Ge 29:4, 5, 32-35; 30:9-12, 16-28; 31:17, 18, 41.) Subsequently he resided with his father at Succoth and then at Shechem. After his sister Dinah was violated by Hamor’s son, and Simeon and Levi had avenged her by killing all the males of Shechem, Judah evidently shared in plundering the city.—Ge 33:17, 18; 34:1, 2, 25-29.
Relationship to Joseph. In the course of time, because Jacob favored him, Joseph came to be hated by Judah and his other half brothers. Their hatred intensified after Joseph related two dreams that pointed to his becoming their superior. Therefore, when Jacob sent Joseph to check on his half brothers as they cared for the flocks, they, upon seeing him from a distance, plotted to kill him. But at the suggestion of Reuben, who had in mind saving Joseph’s life, they pitched him into a dry waterpit.—Ge 37:2-24.
Thereafter, as a caravan of Ishmaelites came into view, Judah, apparently in Reuben’s absence, convinced the others that, instead of murdering Joseph, it would be better to sell him to the passing merchants. (Ge 37:25-27) Despite Joseph’s plea for compassion, they sold him for 20 silver pieces (if shekels, $44). (Ge 37:28; 42:21) Although the indications are that Judah’s main concern was to save Joseph’s life and that the sale itself afterward proved to be a blessing for all concerned, Judah, like the others, was guilty of a grave sin that long burdened his conscience. (Ge 42:21, 22; 44:16; 45:4, 5; 50:15-21) (Under the Mosaic Law later given to the Israelites, this offense carried the death penalty; Ex 21:16.) Afterward Judah also joined the others in deceiving Jacob into thinking that Joseph had been killed by a wild beast. (Ge 37:31-33) Judah was then about 20 years old.
2007-07-13 18:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by sixfoothigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had the idea. It actually saved Judah's life to come up with it. Either God would have killed all of them, or Joseph would have escaped. They were otherwise going to kill Joseph, but since Joseph already had the dreams, they weren't going to be able to kill him.
2007-07-13 17:49:58 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fourth son of Jacob....and Leah.
And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now I will praise Yahweh." Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing. Gen 29.35
Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's children shall bow down before you. Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. Binding his donkey to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.
Judah - means "Praise" 4th born of Leah.
His was the line that proceeded to the House of David and to Jesus. He acknowledged Tamar (means "Palm") was more righteous than himself. Gen38:26.
2007-07-13 18:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhh...Joseph?
2007-07-13 17:48:02 · answer #6 · answered by AlleycatJo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, no...that's something completely different...they were ancestors of Judah, I believe...but not brothers.
2007-07-13 17:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Stitchez 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋