Benjamin

We just learned about Manessah from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

The last of the Twelve Tribes is Benjami.

Benjamin was the second son of Jacob and Rachel, and the twelfth son of Jacob.

The story of Benjamin was that he was a good young boy who was one of the favorites of his father Jacob.


(from: wikipedia - benjamin)


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Manessah

We just learned about Asher from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Another of the tribes was Manessah.

Manessah was the grandson of Jacob, and his father was Joseph.
Joseph liked Manessah so much that he treated him like one of his other sons, not just a grandson.


(from: wikipedia - manessah (tribal patriarch))


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Asher

We just learned about Gad from the 12 tribes of Israel.

Another of the twelve tribes is Asher.

He was the eigth son of Jacob, and his mother was Zilpah.


(from: wikipedia - asher)


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Gad

We just learned about the Naphthali.

Another of the twelve tribes of Isreal is Gad.

He was the 7th son of Jacob, and the 1st son of Leah's servant Zilpah.


(from: wikipedia - gad (son of jacob))


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Naphtali

We just learned about the Dan.

Another of the twelve tribes was Naphtali.

This was the sixth son of Jacob, and the second son that he had with Bilhah who was his wife Rachel's servant.

In the Bible when God takes Moses up on a mountain and shows him all of the land promised to Abraham, one of the lands he talks about is Naphtali.


(from: wikipedia - naphtali)


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Dan

We just learned about the tribe of Zebulun.

Another of the Twelve Tribes of Israel was Dan.

Dan was the fifth son of Jacob, and his mother was Bilhah who was one of the maids of Rachel.

The most famous person from the tribe of Dan was the strong man Samson from the Bible.


(from: wikipedia - dan (son of jacob))


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Zebulun

We just learned about Issachar.

Another of the twelve tribes is Zebulun.

He was the 10th son of Jacob and Leah, and the last one of the 6 sons that Leah had.


(from: wikipedia - zebulun)


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Issachar

We've now learned about Reuben, Simeon, Ephraim, and Judah.
from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Another of the twelve was Issachar.

Issachar was the fifth son of Leah, and the ninth son of Jacob.


(from: wikipedia - issachar)


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Judah

We've now learned about Reuben, Simeon, and Ephraim from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Another of the twelve was Judah.

Judah was one of the sons of Jacob and Leah. When the sons of Jacob were jealous of his son Joseph and wanted to kill Joseph, Judah was the one who stopped them from killing him and said they should just sell Joseph instead of killing him.

Judah was the Great great great great great great great great grandfather of King David, and David was the Great (times 24) grandfather of Jesus.
So sometimes Jesus is called the "Lion of Judah" because he came from the tribe of Judah.


(from: wikipedia - judah (son of jacob))


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Ephraim

We've now learned about Reuben and Simeon from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Another of the twelve was Ephraim.

Most of the other twelve were sons of Jacob, but Ephraim was actually the grandson of Jacob.
Because Jacob got mad at one of his other sons Reuben, he said that Ephraim would be brought up to be an equal to the other sons.


(from: wikipedia - ephraim)


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Simeon

We just learned about one of the children of the twelve tribes of Israel, Reuben.

Another of the twelve was Simeon.

When Jacob was married to both Leah and Rachel, the Bible says that he loved Rachel more.
Leah prayed to God that she would have a baby, and then her son Simeon was born.
She was happy and said "Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too."

People believe that Simeon was one of the more fearless and envious of the sons, and he was one of the 12 brothers that threw the younger boy Joseph into the pit before Joseph was sent to Egypt.


(from: wikipedia - simeon (son of jacob))


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Reuben

We just learned a little about the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

One of the twelve tribes was from Jacob's son Reuben.

In the Bible, the first wife of Jacob was named Leah, and the first son that Jacob had was Reuben.

Since Reuben was the oldest of the sons, he was sometimes more responsible.
When the other sons wanted to kill Joseph he told them not to, and was very upset when he found out they had sold Joseph out of the family.


(from: wikipedia - tribe of reuben)


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Twelve Tribes of Israel

We just learned about the song Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, and a whole lot of other old Christian songs.

Another part of the Bible is the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

In the Old Testament, we learned about one of God's followers named Jacob, and we learned that later on God told him to change his name to Israel instead of Jacob.
God's people later on in the Bible are sometimes called the Israelites, meaning the people from the man called Israel who was called Jacob.

Israel had twelve children, and because those children went on to rule God's people they are called the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
The children were: Reuben, Simeon, Ephraim, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Manasseh, and Benjamin.


(from: wikipedia - twelve tribes of israel)


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