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  2. Tribe of Asher - Wikipedia

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    Asher remained a member of the new kingdom until Assyria conquered its territory in c. 723 BC and deported the population. From that time, tradition has counted the Tribe of Asher as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The New Testament describes Anna the prophetess and her father, Phanuel, as belonging to the Tribe of Asher.

  3. Asher - Wikipedia

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    According to the Book of Jubilees (34:20), Asher's wife was named "Iyon" (probably, "dove"). Asher's descendants in more than one regard deserved their name ("Asher" meaning "happiness"). The tribe of Asher was the one most blessed with male children; [15] and its women were so beautiful that priests and princes sought them in marriage. [16]

  4. Twelve Tribes of Israel - Wikipedia

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    The twelve sons form the basis for the twelve tribes of Israel, listed in the order from oldest to youngest: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. Jacob was known to display favoritism among his children, particularly for Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of his favorite wife, Rachel, and ...

  5. Serah - Wikipedia

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    Serah. Serach bat Asher was, in the Tanakh, a daughter of Asher, the son of Jacob. She is one of the seventy members of the patriarch's family who emigrated from Canaan to Egypt, [1] and her name occurs in connection with the census taken by Moses in the wilderness. [2] She is mentioned also among the descendants of Asher in I Chronicles vii.

  6. Ten Lost Tribes - Wikipedia

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    The Ten Lost Tribes were the ten of the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were said to have been exiled from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire c. 722 BCE. [1][2] These are the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, and Ephraim — all but Judah, Benjamin, and some members ...

  7. Eber - Wikipedia

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    In some translations of the New Testament, he is referred to once as Heber/Eber (Luke 3:35, "Biblical Greek: Ἔβερ] the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Selah") but should not be confused with Ḥeber, the grandson of Asher, who is mentioned in Genesis 46:17 and in Numbers 26:45, as their names ...

  8. Abraham's family tree - Wikipedia

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    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,

  9. Tribe of Gad - Wikipedia

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    Tribe of Gad. According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "soldier" or "luck") was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes.