Bible Cross References
A. M. 2252, etc. B.C. 1752, etc. Israel. or, Jacob
Genesis 32:28
The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel."
Genesis 49:2
"Come together and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.
Reuben
Genesis 29:32-35
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Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, "The LORD has seen my trouble, and now my husband will love me"; so she named him Reuben.
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She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "The LORD has given me this son also, because he heard that I was not loved"; so she named him Simeon.
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Once again she became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She said, "Now my husband will be bound more tightly to me, because I have borne him three sons"; so she named him Levi.
35
Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, "This time I will praise the LORD"; so she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
Genesis 30:5-24
5
Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
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Rachel said, "God has judged in my favor. He has heard my prayer and has given me a son"; so she named him Dan.
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Bilhah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a second son.
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Rachel said, "I have fought a hard fight with my sister, but I have won"; so she named him Naphtali.
9
When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife.
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Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
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Leah said, "I have been lucky"; so she named him Gad.
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Zilpah bore Jacob another son,
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and Leah said, "How happy I am! Now women will call me happy"; so she named him Asher.
14
During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
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Leah answered, "Isn't it enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you are even trying to take away my son's mandrakes." Rachel said, "If you will give me your son's mandrakes, you can sleep with Jacob tonight."
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When Jacob came in from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You are going to sleep with me tonight, because I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes." So he had intercourse with her that night.
17
God answered Leah's prayer, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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Leah said, "God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband"; so she named her son Issachar.
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Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
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She said, "God has given me a fine gift. Now my husband will accept me, because I have borne him six sons"; so she named him Zebulun.
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Later she bore a daughter, whom she named Dinah.
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Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.
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She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, "God has taken away my disgrace by giving me a son.
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May the LORD give me another son"; so she named him Joseph.
Genesis 35:18
But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
Genesis 35:22-26
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While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious. Jacob had twelve sons.
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The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
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The sons of Rachel's slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
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The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These sons were born in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 46:8-27
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The members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt with him were his oldest son Reuben
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and Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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Simeon and his sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
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Levi and his sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12
Judah and his sons: Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Judah's other sons, Er and Onan, had died in Canaan.) Perez' sons were Hezron and Hamul.
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Issachar and his sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
14
Zebulun and his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15
These are the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descendants by Leah numbered thirty-three.
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Gad and his sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, and Areli.
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Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.
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These sixteen are the descendants of Jacob by Zilpah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah.
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Jacob's wife Rachel bore him two sons: Joseph and Benjamin.
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In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis.
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Benjamin's sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22
These fourteen are the descendants of Jacob by Rachel.
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Dan and his son Hushim.
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Naphtali and his sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25
These seven are the descendants of Jacob by Bilhah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel.
26
The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons' wives.
27
Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing to seventy the total number of Jacob's family who went there.
Genesis 49:4-28
4
You are like a raging flood, But you will not be the most important, For you slept with my concubine And dishonored your father's bed.
5
"Simeon and Levi are brothers. They use their weapons to commit violence.
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I will not join in their secret talks, Nor will I take part in their meetings, For they killed people in anger And they crippled bulls for sport.
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A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.
8
"Judah, your brothers will praise you. You hold your enemies by the neck. Your brothers will bow down before you.
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Judah is like a lion, Killing his victim and returning to his den, Stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.
10
Judah will hold the royal scepter, And his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute And bow in obedience before him.
11
He ties his young donkey to a grapevine, To the very best of the vines. He washes his clothes in blood-red wine.
12
His eyes are bloodshot from drinking wine, His teeth white from drinking milk.
13
"Zebulun will live beside the sea. His shore will be a haven for ships. His territory will reach as far as Sidon.
14
"Issachar is no better than a donkey That lies stretched out between its saddlebags.
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But he sees that the resting place is good And that the land is delightful. So he bends his back to carry the load And is forced to work as a slave.
16
"Dan will be a ruler for his people. They will be like the other tribes of Israel.
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Dan will be a snake at the side of the road, A poisonous snake beside the path, That strikes at the horse's heel, So that the rider is thrown off backward.
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"I wait for your deliverance, LORD.
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"Gad will be attacked by a band of robbers, But he will turn and pursue them.
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"Asher's land will produce rich food. He will provide food fit for a king.
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"Naphtali is a deer that runs free, Who bears lovely fawns.
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"Joseph is like a wild donkey by a spring, A wild colt on a hillside.
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His enemies attack him fiercely And pursue him with their bows and arrows.
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But his bow remains steady, And his arms are made strong By the power of the Mighty God of Jacob, By the Shepherd, the Protector of Israel.
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It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,
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Blessings of grain and flowers, Blessings of ancient mountains, Delightful things from everlasting hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, On the brow of the one set apart from his brothers.
27
"Benjamin is like a vicious wolf. Morning and evening he kills and devours."
28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.
Exodus 1:2-4
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
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Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Numbers 1:5-15
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These are the men, leaders within their tribes, who were chosen from the community for this work: (Tribe: Clan chief); Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur; Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab; Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar; Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon; Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud; Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni; Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; Asher: Pagiel son of Ochran; Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel; Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan
Numbers 13:4-15
Numbers 26:5-65
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The tribe of Reuben (Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob): the clans of Hanoch, Pallu,
7
These clans numbered 43,730 men.
8
The descendants of Pallu were Eliab
9
and his sons Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (These are the Dathan and Abiram who were chosen by the community. They defied Moses and Aaron and joined the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD.
10
The ground opened and swallowed them, and they died with Korah and his followers when fire destroyed 250 men; they became a warning to the people.
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But the sons of Korah were not killed.)
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The tribe of Simeon: the clans of Nemuel, Jamin, Jachin,
14
These clans numbered 22,200 men.
15
The tribe of Gad: the clans of Zephon, Haggi, Shuni,
18
These clans numbered 40,500 men.
19
The tribe of Judah: the clans of Shelah, Perez, Zerah, Hezron, and Hamul. (Two of Judah's sons, Er and Onan, had died in the land of Canaan.)
22
These clans numbered 76,500 men.
23
The tribe of Issachar: the clans of Tola, Puah,
25
These clans numbered 64,300 men.
26
The tribe of Zebulun: the clans of Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
27
These clans numbered 60,500 men.
28
The tribes of Joseph, who was the father of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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The tribe of Manasseh. Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead:
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the clans of Iezer, Helek,
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Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34
These clans numbered 52,700 men.
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The tribe of Ephraim: the clans of Shuthelah, Becher, and Tahan.
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The clan of Eran traced its descent from Shuthelah.
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These clans numbered 32,500 men. These are the clans descended from Joseph.
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The tribe of Benjamin: the clans of Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram,
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Shephupham, and Hupham.
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The clans of Ard and Naaman traced their descent from Bela.
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These clans numbered 45,600 men.
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The tribe of Dan: the clan of Shuham,
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which numbered 64,400 men.
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The tribe of Asher: the clans of Imnah, Ishvi, and Beriah.
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The clans of Heber and Malchiel traced their descent from Beriah.
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Asher had a daughter named Serah.
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These clans numbered 53,400 men.
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The tribe of Naphtali: the clans of Jahzeel, Guni,
50
These clans numbered 45,400 men.
51
The total number of the Israelite men was 601,730.
52
The LORD said to Moses,
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"Divide the land among the tribes, according to their size.
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Divide the land by drawing lots, and give a large share to a large tribe and a small one to a small tribe."
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The tribe of Levi consisted of the clans of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Their descendants included the subclans of Libni, Hebron, Mahli, Mushi, and Korah. Kohath was the father of Amram,
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who was married to Levi's daughter Jochebed, who was born in Egypt. She bore Amram two sons, Aaron and Moses, and a daughter, Miriam.
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Aaron had four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unholy fire to the LORD.
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The male Levites who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. They were listed separately from the rest of the Israelites, because they were not given any property in Israel.
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All these clans were listed by Moses and Eleazar when they took a census of the Israelites in the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho.
64
There was not even one man left among those whom Moses and Aaron had listed in the first census in the Sinai Desert.
65
The LORD had said that all of them would die in the wilderness, and except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun they all did.
Revelation 7:5-8
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twelve thousand from each tribe: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.