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[[Image:Judah.jpg|200px|right|Map ancient Israel]]
   
'''Judah''', son of the patriarch, [[Jacob]], was the fourth son of [[Leah]] and the fourth of Jacob's sons overall as recorded in the book of [[Genesis]] in the [[Bible]].  He was the founder of the [[Judah (tribe)|tribe of Judah]] one of the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]].  It was from the name Judah that the nation of [[Judea]] was named after the partition of Israel following King [[Solomon]]'s demise ([[1 Kings]] 11:31; 12:17-21). The nation of Judea was made up of the Tribe of Judah and the [[Tribe of Benjamin]].  If is from the name Judea that the English name [[Jew]] is derived.  Jacob's deathbed blessing to Judah (Genesis 49:8-12) is considered to be a Messianic prophecy and in [[Christianity]] is seen as foreshadowing the coming of [[Jesus]].
 
'''Judah''', son of the patriarch, [[Jacob]], was the fourth son of [[Leah]] and the fourth of Jacob's sons overall as recorded in the book of [[Genesis]] in the [[Bible]].  He was the founder of the [[Judah (tribe)|tribe of Judah]] one of the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]].  It was from the name Judah that the nation of [[Judea]] was named after the partition of Israel following King [[Solomon]]'s demise ([[1 Kings]] 11:31; 12:17-21). The nation of Judea was made up of the Tribe of Judah and the [[Tribe of Benjamin]].  If is from the name Judea that the English name [[Jew]] is derived.  Jacob's deathbed blessing to Judah (Genesis 49:8-12) is considered to be a Messianic prophecy and in [[Christianity]] is seen as foreshadowing the coming of [[Jesus]].
  
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