1 Chronicles 4:21 - "The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Marashah, and the families of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;"

Tailors are never mentioned in the Old Testament, although they do appear in the Talmud. But, really, this isn’t so surprising, since we must remember that in early times clothing was usually homemade. The excellent wife of the Proverbs "busied herself with wool and thread," doing the family’s sewing. She herself made the "coverlet on her bed and the clothes of lawn and purple that she wore."

However, as the people settled into a new land, as villages arose, and as commerce was begun with other nations, craftsmen appeared who designed and made clothing for royalty, the priests, and the wealthy. Actually, these wer…