The Twelve sons of Jacob

These notes were first written on Sat 2021.06.19 12:56 hrs GMT+8
Reading from Genesis chapter 35

Genesis 35:23 - 26 NIV records that Jacob had twelve sons, and lists them in the following order:

1. Sons of Leah:
   • Reuben (firstborn of Jacob)
   • Simeon
   • Levi
   • Judah
   • Issachar
   • Zebulun
2. Sons of Rachel:
   • Joseph
     (father of Manasseh and Ephraim, who were later adopted by Jacob to share in the inheritance equally, Genesis 48:5)
   • Benjamin
3. Sons of Rachel's maidservant Bilhah:
   • Dan
   • Naphtali
4. Sons of Leah's maidservant Zilpah:
   • Gad
   • Asher

The above order was largely reflected in the way the twelve tribes of Israel camped around the Tabernacle during their wandering in the wilderness (Numbers 2:1-34, 3:14-39)

See my blog post on "The twelve tribes of Israel in the wilderness" written eight years ago:

https://theancientswisdom.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-twelve-tribes-of-israel-in.html
Date: 2013.12.31