interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt

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The entity is Judah, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, who pleaded with the Egyptian ruler (unrecognized as Joseph) to spare his youngest brother Benjamin during the famine narrative in the Book of Genesis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure
Patriarch
Tribe eponym
ancestorOf David
House of David
Jesus
linked to: Jesus Christ

kings of Judah
associatedWith Messianic lineage
birthOrder fourth son of Jacob
childOf Jacob
Leah
gender male
hadRelationshipWith Tamar
halfSiblingOf Asher
Benjamin
Dan
Gad
Joseph
Naphtali
intercededBefore Joseph
intercededFor Benjamin
intercededIn Egypt
languageOfName Hebrew
meaningOfName praise
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
name Judah
narrativeContext famine in Canaan
parentOf Er
Onan
Perez
Shelah
Zerah
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
roleInNarrative acknowledged his guilt to Tamar
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt
offered himself as surety for Benjamin
proposed selling Joseph into slavery
siblingOf Dinah
Issachar
Levi
Reuben
Simeon
Zebulun
speechLocation Genesis 44
spouseOf daughter of Shua
symbol lion of Judah
tribeEponymOf Tribe of Judah

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judah son of Jacob narrativeRole interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt