Reuben = "see, a son".
Simeon = "he has heard".
Levi = "bonded".
Judah = "praise".
Dan = "judged".
Naphtali = "struggled".
Gad = "hard-won treasure".
Asher = "happy".
Zebulun = "dower" (i.e., a gift to a bride).
Issachar = "reward".
Joseph = "may he add another".
Benjamin = "son of my right hand".
Also his daughter...
Dinah = "vindicated".
12 sons
12 sons of Jacob
Jacob
12 tribes
It is Jacob.
Rachel is an old Hebrew Bible name from Genesis. Rachel was the favorite wife of Jacob. She was the mother of two of Jacob's 12 sons. Jacob's 12 sons fathered the 12 tribes of Israel
Tradition holds that they originated from the 12 sons of Jacob (later called Israel).The Israelite twelve tribes were the descendants of Jacob's twelve sons (Genesis ch.46).Tradition holds that they originated from the 12 sons of Jacob (later called Israel).
Jacobs 12 sons represent the 12 tribes of Isa real.
Abraham's grandson, Jacob, had 12 sons from whom are descended the 12 tribes of Israel.
Benjamin was Jacob's youngest son. (See Genesis 29:31-30:24, 35:16-18). Only Benjamin was born in the land of Canaan.The order of their Jacob's sons from oldest to youngest is the following:ReubenSimeonLeviJudahDanNaphtaliGadAsherIssacharZebulunJosephBenjamin
The prophet Jacob was renamed Israel. Israel had 12 sons who formed the 12 Tribes of Israel. The word Israelite refers to the 12 Tribes of Israel, descendants of Jacob/Israel.
12 sons one daughter Dinah.