Genesis 38:26

More righteous than I. There was little Judah could do but to admit his guilt. Again, as in the plot against Joseph, he revealed a spirit of fair play and sincerity beneath his sometimes scandalous conduct. His frank confession, his subsequent treatment of Tamar, his success in rearing the sons born to her, and the fact that one of them was honored by a place in the ancestral line of Christ — all clearly point to a thorough reform on his part. A character more excellent than that of his older brothers qualified him for the leadership of the family, and his posterity for leadership in Israel (see ch. 49:3, 4, 8-10).