Person
Judah
Fourth son of Jacob and Leah (Gen 29:35); the royal tribe (Gen 49:10).
Sort year1755 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones): 1755 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Scripture
Family
- Father
- Jacob (Israel)
Birth
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | BC 1755 Precision: year |
1755 BC | Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), p. 66 ("1755 BC (Chart 3d) minus 1706, the year the family") (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year |
| Ussher | 2249c AM, 1755 BC Precision: year |
1755 BC AM 2249 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §120 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) "Judah was born ... from whom the Jews took their name." |
| Jordan secondary | 2259 - Judah ben Jacob born? Joseph ben Jacob born. Judah was older than Joseph. Precision: conjectural |
AM 2259 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 4)," Biblical Chronology 6:6 (June 1994), §13 "Jacob and Esau" (year list) (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2249 (Ussher); AM 2259 (Jordan).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
Events
Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.29.35 ; Gen.38.1-Gen.38.30 ; Gen.49.8-Gen.49.12 public-domain
- Chronology of the Old Testament: A Return to the Basics (15th ed.) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 4) (Biblical Chronology 6:6, June 1994) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.