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In 2265 AM (1739 BC), Judah moved away to live in an Adullamite village. There he befriended a local named Hirah, and also took a local wife.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=38|verses=1-2}}</ref> She bore him three sons in this order: [[Er]], [[Onan]], and [[Shelah (son of Judah)|Shelah]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=38|verses=3-5}}</ref> The [[Bible]] does not say how soon apart they were born, but they were probably born about one year apart, beginning in 2266 AM (1738 BC).<ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd N. ''The Chronology of the New Testament''. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, pp. 62-67 and Chart 3f.</ref>

In 2265 AM (1739 BC), Judah moved away to live in an Adullamite village. There he befriended a local named Hirah, and also took a local wife.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=38|verses=1-2}}</ref> She bore him three sons in this order: [[Er]], [[Onan]], and [[Shelah (son of Judah)|Shelah]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=38|verses=3-5}}</ref> The [[Bible]] does not say how soon apart they were born, but they were probably born about one year apart, beginning in 2266 AM (1738 BC).<ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd N. ''The Chronology of the New Testament''. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, pp. 62-67 and Chart 3f.</ref>

== The Plot to Sell Joseph ==

== The Plot against Joseph ==

In 2276 AM (1728 BC), Judah and his brothers hatched a [[Joseph#The Arrogant and Tactless Dreamer|plot]] against their brother [[Joseph]]. Most of the brothers wanted to kill Joseph. Judah suggested selling Joseph to a group of [[Ishmael]]ite and [[Midian]]ite traders. Killing Joseph, he said, would gain them nothing and require them to conceal their act.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=37|verses=26-27}}</ref>

In 2276 AM (1728 BC), Judah and his brothers hatched a [[Joseph#The Arrogant and Tactless Dreamer|plot]] against their brother [[Joseph]]. Most of the brothers wanted to kill Joseph. But, Judah suggested selling Joseph to a group of [[Ishmael]]ite and [[Midian]]ite traders (Genesis 37:26). Killing Joseph, he said, would gain them nothing and require them to conceal their act.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=37|verses=26-27}}</ref> This is the third mention of Judah in the Bible, and is the first act which the Bible records of all of Judah's acts. It was a praiseworthy act, in that it spared Joseph's life. And, it can be argued that Judah was motivated to it by brotherly love for Joseph, but that Judah didn't want his brothers to know that this was his motive lest they go ahead with their plan to kill Joseph. So, in terms of all the texts concerning Judah, and of all the texts concerning Joseph, this is the most defining moment in Judah's life, and the most critical moment in Joseph's. Genesis 37:26 is the 1,110the verse.

Judah would not hear of Joseph again for about another twenty years.

Judah would not hear of Joseph again for about another twenty years.