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1 day ago · The tribes of Israel stem back to Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham. This is the story ... Jacob. The first use of the name Israel in the Bible is in Genesis 32:28 when it is given as another name for Jacob. Jacob was the younger of twin sons born to Isaac and Rebecca, and Isaac was the second son of Abraham. Israel a name for Jacob
Jul 17, 2024 · Judah was the fourth son of Jacob with his wife Leah and the leader of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. The remaining 11 tribes were descendants of Judah’s brothers and half-brothers. Joseph, Judah’s second-youngest brother, was favored by their father, causing Judah and his brothers to despise Joseph (Genesis 37:3-4).
Jul 4, 2024 · The fourth son of Jacob, Judah, was a natural leader. The events of his life provided many opportunities to exercise those skills. Unfortunately Judah’s decisions were often shaped more by the pressures of the moment than by a conscious desire to cooperate with God’s plan.
Jul 17, 2024 · In Genesis we learn that Judah's sons Er and Onan died, and both of them were married to Tamar. Because of their deaths (and involvement with the same woman, Tamar), Judah thinks that Tamar has something to do with them dying, and so refuses to give Shelah (his other son) to her as a husband.
2 days ago · Abijah's son and successor, Asa of Judah, maintained peace for the first 35 years of his reign, and he revamped and reinforced the fortresses initially built by his grandfather, Rehoboam. II Chronicles states that at the Battle of Zephath , the Egyptian-backed chieftain Zerah the Ethiopian and his million men and 300 chariots were defeated by Asa's 580,000 men in the Valley of Zephath near ...
2 days ago · Ephraim (/ ˈ iː f r i ə m /; Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם ʾEp̄rayīm, in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם ʾEp̄rāyīm) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath, as well as the adopted son of his biological grandfather Jacob, making him the progenitor of the Tribe of Ephraim.
Sep 9, 2020 · A high literacy rate in Judah puts things into a different light. "Until now, the discussion of literacy in the kingdom of Judah has been based on circular arguments, on what is written within...
