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1 Chronicles 2 1-1 Chronicles 2 2
These were Israel’s sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Genesis 46:8-26
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt— Jacob and his sons: Jacob’s firstborn: Reuben.Reuben’s sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.Simeon’s sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.Zebulun’s sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.These were Leah’s sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons: thirty-three.Gad’s sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel.These were the sons of Zilpah— whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah— that she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.These were Rachel’s sons who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons.Dan’s son: Hushim.Naphtali’s sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She bore to Jacob: seven persons.The total number of persons belonging to Jacob— his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons— who came to Egypt: sixty-six.
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Genesis 35:23-26
Leah’s sons were Reuben( Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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Exodus 6:14-16
These are the heads of their fathers’ families: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the clans of Simeon.These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their family records; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
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Genesis 35:18
With her last breath— for she was dying— she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
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1 Chronicles 12 23-1 Chronicles 12 40
The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, according to the LORD’s word, were as follows:From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.From the Simeonites: 7,100 valiant warriors ready for war.From the Levites: 4,600in addition to Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men;and Zadok, a young valiant warrior, with 22 commanders from his ancestral family.From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul: 3,000( up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.From half the tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.From Zebulun: 50,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, with one purpose to help David.From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.From the Danites: 28,600 trained for battle.From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle.From across the Jordan— from the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: 120,000 men equipped with all the military weapons of war.All these warriors, lined up in battle formation, came to Hebron wholeheartedly determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel was also of one mind to make David king.They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.In addition, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came and brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen— abundant provisions of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine and oil, herds, and flocks. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
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Genesis 49:3-27
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my virility, excelling in prominence, excelling in power.Turbulent as water, you will not excel, because you got into your father’s bed and you defiled it— he got into my bed.Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.Their anger is cursed, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is cruel! I will disperse them throughout Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the kill. He crouches; he lies down like a lion or a lioness— who dares to rouse him?The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.He ties his donkey to a vine, and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon.Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags.He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load and became a forced laborer.Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.Dan will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.I wait for your salvation, LORD.Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.Asher’s food will be rich, and he will produce royal delicacies.Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the ancient hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey. In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder.”
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Genesis 29:31-30:21
When the LORD saw that Leah was neglected, he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said,“ The LORD has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ The LORD heard that I am neglected and has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ At last, my husband will become attached to me because I have borne three sons for him.” Therefore he was named Levi.And she conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister.“ Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.Jacob became angry with Rachel and said,“ Am I in the place of God? He has withheld offspring from you!”Then she said,“ Here is my maid Bilhah. Go sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me so that through her I too can build a family.”So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.Rachel said,“ God has vindicated me; yes, he has heard me and given me a son,” so she named him Dan.Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.Rachel said,“ In my wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.Then Leah said,“ What good fortune!” and she named him Gad.When Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,Leah said,“ I am happy that the women call me happy,” so she named him Asher.Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked,“ Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”But Leah replied to her,“ Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”“ Well then,” Rachel said,“ he can sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“ You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So Jacob slept with her that night.God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.Leah said,“ God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband,” and she named him Issachar.Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.“ God has given me a good gift,” Leah said.“ This time my husband will honor me because I have borne six sons for him,” and she named him Zebulun.Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.
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1 Chronicles 27 16-1 Chronicles 27 22
The following were in charge of the tribes of Israel: For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;for the Levites, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri son of Michael;for Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;for the Ephraimites, Hoshea son of Azaziah; for half the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;for half the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;for Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham. Those were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
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Revelation 7:4-8
And I heard the number of the sealed: 144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:12,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad,12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.