Twelve.
I believe it was Jacob/Isreal who had Twelve sons.
The third patriarch in the Bible is Jacob, also known as Israel. He was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandson of Abraham and Sarah. Jacob had twelve sons, who became the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
Jacob has 12 kids;;
Jacob and Esau were Isaac and Rebekah's children.
Gad was one of the twelve sons of Jacob. The descendants of each of Jacob's sons became a tribe within the nation of Israel.
yes, she was she was the wife of Abraham which man her an IsraeliteAnswer:There were no Israelites until Abraham's grandson, Jacob [whose name was changed to Israel - Gen.32:28], had children - the "twelve tribes of Israel." Jacob's twelve sons were the first Israelites.
He was the son of Jacob, one of the twelve tribes.
There is a story of Jacob in Genesis 37:3-4, where Jacob gives a tunic ( coat, cape ?)of many colors to Joseph, one of his twelve sons.
Abraham and Sarah had Isaac. Issac and Rebecca had Jacob. Jacob had twelve sons, who became the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel. Their descendants became known as the 'Jews' (Hebrews, Nation of Israel).
Eleven of Jacob's sons were born in Genesis 29:32 to 30:20. The twelfth was born in Genesis 35:16-18.
The bible in Genesis tells us that Leah & Rachel named the children including the children that their handmaid's bore to Jacob. If you will read Genesis, chapters 29 through 35 you will discover why the children were named the way they were.
The 12 sons of Jacob correspond to the 12 tribes of Israel. The names of Jacob's children including his one daughter are as follows: -Asher -Benjamin -Dan -Dinah (first and only daughter) -Gad -Issachar -Joseph -Judah -Levi -Naphtali -Reuben -Simeon -Zebulun