The twelve tribes of Israel, therefore, collectively carry the name of their father. Jacob had twelve sons with his four wives. With Leah, he had Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

Over 2,700 years ago, the Assyrians exiled the ten tribes of the Kingdom of Israel. The ten tribes would have returned at once to the Holy Land had not the Lord encircled them with the legendary ...

“The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, corresponding to their names; engraved like seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes” Exodus 39:14 ...

Israel derives its name from the name given to Jacob. 12 of his sons were the kernels of 12 tribes that later developed into the Jewish nation. The name Jew derives from Yehuda (Judah), one of the ...

Once, it refers to David (Acts 2:29), twice to the twelve sons of Jacob, from whom the tribes of Israel inherited their names (Acts 7:8,9), and once to Abraham (Hebrew 7:4). The reference to David ...