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(3.) Son of Joanna, and father of Joseph in Christ’s maternal ancestry (26), probably identical with Abiud (Matthew 1:13), and with Obadiah (1 Chronicles 3:21).

(4.) One of the Lord’s “brethren” (Mark 6:3).

•JUDAH praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I praise [Hebrews odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah” (Genesis 29:35).

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