Judah and Simeon, the Two Sons of Jacob, Who Are Long Dead.

Stephen has a question about judges, and notices something in chapter one that confused him. Ali: The answers is kind of obvious, actually. As far as those two individuals, sons of jacob, they are not alive. They're long dead. Speaking to judah or to simeon in these passages should not be construed as speaking to those men. Rather, the references to their tribes bear their names.