we are all sons of one man; we are peaceable; your servants are not spies.

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is with his father today in the land of Canaan.

And Leah conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name Reuben, saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.

And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi.

And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and heard my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.

And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

And Zilpah Leah's maid conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

And Zilpah Leah's maid conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.

And Reuben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah; and Rachel said to Leah her sister, Give me [some] of your son's mandrakes.

And Jacob came in out of the field in the evening; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.

And Leah said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.

And Leah said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and He opened her womb.

And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.

(And Jacob journeyed from Bethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,) and it came to pass when he drew near to Habratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel labored [in childbirth]; and she had hard labor.

And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.

And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

[ 35:21] And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. [ 35:22] Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

And the sons of Rachel [were] Joseph and Benjamin.

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, [were] Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

And they said, The man closely questioned us about our family also, saying, Does your father yet live, and have you a brother? And we answered him according to this question: did we know that he would say to us, Bring your brother?

And these are the names of the sons of Israel that went into Egypt with their father Jacob- Jacob and his sons. The firstborn of Jacob [was] Reuben.

And the sons of Simeon [were] Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

And the sons of Judah [were] Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).

And the sons of Zebulun [were] Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

And the sons of Gad [were] Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbron, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen persons.

And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, even Manasseh and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasseh, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, [even] Machir. And Machir begot Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasseh [were] Sutalaam, and Taam. And the son of Sutalaam [was] Edom.

These are the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; eighteen persons in all.

And the sons of Naphtali [were] Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, were sixty-six persons in all.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of witness, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

from twenty years old and upwards, everyone that goes forth in the forces of Israel, take account of them with their strength; you and Aaron take account of them.

And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;

of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;

of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

And Moses and Aaron took these men who were called by name.

as the Lord commanded Moses, so they were numbered in the Wilderness of Sinai.

The numbering of them of the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand four hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Issachar was fifty-four thousand four hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Zebulun was fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Ephraim was forty thousand five hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Manasseh was thirty-two thousand two hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Benjamin was thirty-five thousand four hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Dan was sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Naphtali was fifty-three thousand four hundred.

And the whole numbering of the children of Israel with their army from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out to set himself in battle array in Israel, came to

But the Levites of the tribe of their family were not counted among the children of Israel.

See, you shall not muster the tribe of Levi, and you shall not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.

And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances [to touch it] die.

But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and [so] there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And you shall sound with them, and all the congregation shall be gathered to the door of the tabernacle of witness.

And you shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.

And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not an alarm.

And if you shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall you sound with the trumpets; and you shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.

And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar [was] Nathanel son of Zuar.

And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gershon shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon [was] Shelumiel son of Zuri-shaddai.

And the sons of Kohath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and [the others] shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.

And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasseh [was] Gamalliel the [son] of Pedahzur.

And the order of the camp of the sons of Dan shall set forward the last of all the camps, with their forces: and over their forces [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali [was] Ahira the son of Enan.

And Moses said to Hobab the son of Jethro the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We are going forward to the place concerning which the Lord said, This will I give to you: Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.

And he said, Leave us not, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder among us.

And they departed from the mount of the Lord a three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them, a three days' journey to provide rest for them.

And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered: let all that hate You flee.

And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest, saying,

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying,

Reuben [was] the firstborn of Israel: and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and the family of Hanoch; to Pallu belongs the family of the Palluites.

These [are] the families of Reuben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

And the sons of Eliab [were] Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram: these [are] renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Korah, in the rebellion against the Lord.

But the sons of Korah died not.

To Zerah the family of the Zarhites; to Saul the family of the Saulites.

The sons of Gad according to their families [were]: to Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; to Haggi, the family of the Haggites; to Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

to Arodi, the family of the Arodites; to Ariel, the family of the Arielites.

And the sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Perez were: to Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; to Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

And the sons of Issachar according to their families [were]: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites.

These [are] the families of Issachar according to their numbering: sixty-four thousand four hundred.

These [are] the families of Zebulun according to their numbering: sixty thousand five hundred.

The sons of Mannasseh: of Machir the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

And to Zelophedad the son of Hopher there were no sons, but daughters: and these [were] the names of the daughters of Zelophedad: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcha, and Tirzah.

And these [are] the children of Ephraim: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of Tanach, the family of the Tanachites.

These [are] the families of Ephraim according to their numbering: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These [are] the families of the children of Joseph according to their families.

of Sophan, the family of the Sophanites.

These [are] the sons of Benjamin by their families according to their numbering: thirty-five thousand five hundred.

All the families of Shuhamites according to their numbering [were] sixty-four thousand four hundred.

To Hober, the family of the Hoberites; to Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

These [are] the families of Asher according to their numbering; forty-three thousand four hundred.

To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; to Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

This [is] the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names.

The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families.

And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites.

And the name of his wife [was] Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.

And this [is] the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at the Jordan by Jericho.

For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And your southern side shall be from the Wilderness of Zin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of the salt sea eastward.

And the border shall compass from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the boundary.

And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea you shall measure to yourselves, by the side of the mountain.

And the border shall go out to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar Enan; this shall be your border from the north.

And the border shall go down from Shepham to Bela eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from Bela behind the Sea Chinnereth eastward.

And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the land which you shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Mannasseh.

Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan by Jericho eastward, towards the sunrise.

These [are] the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.

And these [are] the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

Of the sons of Joseph of the tribe of the sons of Mannasseh, the prince was Hanniel the son of Suphi.

Of the tribe of Zebulun, the prince was Eliazaphan the son of Parnach.

Of the tribe of the children of Asher, the prince was Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

These did the Lord command to distribute [the inheritances] to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

These [are] the names of the sons of Israel:

The sons of Judah [were] Er, Onan, and Shelah. [These] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite woman. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, [was] wicked before the Lord, and He killed him.

The sons of Perez [were] Hezron and Hamul.

And the son of Carmi [was] Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.

And their father Jacob said to them, You have bereaved me. Joseph is no [more], Simeon is no [more], and will you take Benjamin, [as well]? All these things have come against me!

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and only he has been left; and [suppose] it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which you go, then you shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

And he returned to his brothers and said, The boy is no [more]; and I, where shall I go?

And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.

and one is departed from me; and you said that he was devoured by wild beasts, and I have not seen him until now.

And they reported to him, saying, Your son Joseph is living, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; and Jacob was amazed, for he did not believe them.

A voice was heard in Ramah, [that] of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing- Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.

Our fathers sinned, and are not: we have borne their iniquities.

Then Herod, seeing that he had been deceived by the wise men, was greatly enraged; and he sent and executed all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.

"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."