Judah
Parashat Vayeishev Part 4
Veyeishev Part 4: Judah has lost favor in his brothers’ eyes. He finds a friend to do business with. Then he gets married and has three sons. He finds a beautiful wife, Tamar, for his first son, Er. But she is so beautiful, Er does not want to make her pregnant. He dies. Then his brother, Onan , dies for similar reasons. In the end Tamar sort of tricks Jacob into making her pregnant.
Parashat Vayeishev Part 3
Veyeishev Part 3: After Reuben intervened to prevent his brothers from killing Joseph outright, they tossed Joseph in a pit. Their plan was to tell Jacob that some wild beast must have devoured the kid. When they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites, Judah convinced his brothers to sell Joseph into slavery.