Avraham [Exalted Father] begot Yitz’chak [Laughter] and Yitz’chak [Laughter] begot Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of]; Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] begot Y’hudah [Praise] and his brothers.Gen 21:2; Gen 25:26; Gen 29:35
Abraham became the father of Isaac, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers—the twelve patriarchs of Israel.