Twelve Tribes of Israel
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According to the Hebrew Bible, the Twelve Tribes of Israel or Tribes of Israel (Template:Lang-he) were said to have descended from the 12 sons of the patriarch Jacob (who was later named Israel) by two wives, Leah and Rachel, and two concubines, Zilpah and Bilhah.
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Tribes
- Reuben
- Simeon
- Levi
- Judah
- Issachar
- Zebulun
- Dan
- Naphtali
- Gad
- Asher
- Joseph (later Ephraim and Manasseh)
- Benjamin
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