Jacob Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Children of Jacob=== {{See also|Israelites}} Jacob, through his two wives and his two concubines had 12 biological sons; [[Reuben (son of Jacob)|Reuben]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|29:32|HE}}</ref> [[Simeon (son of Jacob)|Simeon]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|29:33|HE}}</ref> [[Levi]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|29:34|HE}}</ref> [[Judah (son of Jacob)|Judah]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|29:35|HE}}</ref> [[Dan (son of Jacob)|Dan]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:5|HE}}</ref> [[Naphtali]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:7|HE}}</ref> [[Gad (son of Jacob)|Gad]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:10|HE}}</ref> [[Asher]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:12|HE}}</ref> [[Issachar]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:17|HE}}</ref> [[Zebulun]],<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:19|HE}}</ref> [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]]<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:23|HE}}</ref> and [[Benjamin]].<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|35:18|HE}}</ref> The scene of Jacob mourning Joseph makes mention of him having a number of daughters,<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|37:35|HE}}</ref> but no details are provided. Only one daughter, [[Dinah]], is known by name.<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|30:21|HE}}</ref> In addition, Jacob also adopted the two sons of Joseph, [[Manasseh (tribal patriarch)|Manasseh]] and [[Ephraim]].<ref>''Hebrew-English Bible'' {{bibleverse||Genesis|48:5|HE}}</ref> The offspring of Jacob's sons became the [[tribes of Israel]] following [[the Exodus]], when the Israelites conquered and settled in the [[Land of Israel]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page