Theseare the familiesof Judahaccording to those who were numberedof them, 76,500
"Judah,your brothersshall praiseyou; Your handshall be on the neckof your enemies;Your father'ssonsshall bowdownto you.
ThoughJudahprevailedover his brothers,and from him [came] the leader,yet the birthrightbelonged to Joseph),
May the LORDgiveyou increase,You and your children.
The sonsof Perezwere: of Hezron,the familyof the Hezronites;of Hamul,the familyof the Hamulites.
For it is evidentthat our Lordwas descendedfrom Judah,a tribewith referenceto whichMosesspokenothingconcerningpriests.
