And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
Judah, thou[ art he] whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand[ shall be] in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.Judah[ is] a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?The 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].
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth?[ this] breach[ be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
In the first[ place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host[ was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab.