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Exodus 1:2–4

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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  1. Genesis 35:22Rank 1 from verse 2
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    22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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    20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

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    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

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Exodus 1:2

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Levi

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Levi, a son of Jacob and ancestor of the tribe bearing his name.

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Exodus 1:4

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Gad

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Sense 1: The name of Jacob's son by Zilpah, and by extension the tribe descended from him, its people, and its allotted territory. Sense 2: The name of David's prophet and seer. Sense 3: An element in the place names Dibon-gad, Baal-gad, and Migdal-gad.

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1NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

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3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

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4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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