Who is who on the Judah family tree
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | JacobFather of Judah | Genesis 29 | Son of Isaac, also called Israel. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| L | LeahMother of Judah | Genesis 29:35 | First wife of Jacob. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | JudahFourth son of Leah | Genesis 29 to 50 | Father of the tribe of Judah. | Find on the chart |
| B | Bath-shuaWife of Judah | Genesis 38:2-12 | The Canaanite daughter of Shua. | Find on the chart |
| E | ErFirstborn of Judah | Genesis 38:3-7 | First husband of Tamar. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| O | OnanSecond son of Judah | Genesis 38:4-10 | Second husband of Tamar. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| S | ShelahThird son of Judah | Genesis 38:5-14 | Promised to Tamar and kept from her. | Find on the chart |
 | TamarMother of Perez and Zerah | Genesis 38:6-30 | Widow of Er and Onan. | Find on the chart |
| P | PerezTwin, ancestor of David | Genesis 38:29 | Named for the breach at his birth. | Find on the chart |
| Z | ZerahTwin of Perez | Genesis 38:30 | Father of five sons. | Find on the chart |
| H | HezronSon of Perez | Genesis 46:12 | Went down to Egypt with Jacob. | Find on the chart |
| H | HamulSon of Perez | Genesis 46:12 | Head of the Hamulites. | Find on the chart |
| R | RamSon of Hezron | Ruth 4:19 | Written Aram in Matthew. | Find on the chart |
| A | AmminadabSon of Ram | Ruth 4:19 | Father of Nahshon and Elisheba. | Find on the chart |
| N | NahshonPrince of Judah | Ruth 4:20 | Prince of the children of Judah. | Find on the chart |
| E | ElishebaWife of Aaron | Exodus 6:23 | Mother of four sons of Aaron. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| S | SalmonSon of Nahshon | Ruth 4:20-21 | Written Salma in 1 Chronicles. | Find on the chart |
| R | RahabMother of Boaz in Matthew | Matthew 1:5 | Named in this line only by Matthew. Sources11 | Find on the chart |
 | BoazHusband of Ruth | Ruth 4:1-13 | Married Ruth at the gate. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
 | RuthThe Moabite, wife of Boaz | Ruth 4:10-13 | Widow of Mahlon. | Find on the chart |
| O | ObedSon of Boaz and Ruth | Ruth 4:17 | Named by the women of Bethlehem. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| J | JesseFather of David | Ruth 4:22 | Father of seven or eight sons. | Find on the chart |
| E | EliabFirstborn of Jesse | 1 Samuel 16:6 | The son Samuel saw first. | Find on the chart |
| A | AbinadabSecond son of Jesse | 1 Samuel 17:13 | Went to war with Saul. | Find on the chart |
| S | ShimeaThird son of Jesse | 1 Chronicles 2:13 | Shammah in 1 Samuel. | Find on the chart |
 | DavidKing of Israel | 1 Samuel 16:13 | Anointed by Samuel in Bethlehem. | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Judah family tree, from Genesis 38 to King David. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/judah-family-tree
- MLA“The Judah Family Tree, from Genesis 38 to King David.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/judah-family-tree.
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- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Judah Family Tree, from Genesis 38 to King David. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/judah-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources
Every verse was read on 10 November 2026, the Hebrew Bible in the JPS 1917 translation and Matthew in the King James Version. Britannica refused to be read.
Sefaria, The Holy Scriptures, JPS 1917
Bible Gateway, King James Version
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
