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The Israelites were the descendants of twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob. Jacob also had at least one daughter, Dinah, whose descendants were not recognized as a tribe. The sons of Jacob were born in Padan-aram from different mothers, as follows: [4] The sons of Leah; Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun
In an Islamic context, Bani Isra'il (Arabic: بني إسرائيل Banī Isrā'īl "The children of Israel") (Biblical Hebrew: b'nei yisrael, בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) refers to the children of Jacob. It is also used to refer to: Descendants of the 12 sons of Jacob, including Joseph; Ten Lost Tribes; Twelve Tribes of Israel. In this ...
Jacob, [a] later given the name Israel, [b] is a patriarch regarded as the forefather of the Israelites, according to Abrahamic religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, originating from the Hebrew tradition in the Torah.
Descendants of Israel (Jacob) Founding Patriarch Ishmael Jacob (renamed Israel) Number of Sons Twelve sons Twelve sons (from different wives and concubines) Promised Destiny Promised to become a great nation; described as "a wild donkey of a man" whose hand would be against everyone and everyone's hand against him. (Genesis 16:11-12)
Afterwards, Israel referred to the direct descendants of Jacob and gentiles (i.e. resident aliens) who assimilated in the Israelite community. [44] [45] Hebrew is a similar ethnonym but it is usually applied whenever Israelites are economically disadvantaged or migrants. It might also refer to their descent from Eber, the grandson of Noah. [46 ...
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִן, romanized: Binyāmīn) was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. [1]
The following is a family tree for the descendants of the line of Noah's son Shem, through Abraham to Jacob and his sons. Dashed lines are marriage connections. Not all individuals in this portion of the Bible are given names. For example, one English translation of the Bible states in Genesis 11:13 that "After the birth of Shelah,
The Priestly source illustrates history in Genesis by compiling the genealogy beginning with the "generations of the heavens and the earth" and continuing through Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac to the descendants of Jacob and Esau. Jacob's descendants are listed in Genesis 46:8-27, beginning with the phrase "these are the names." [72]