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Genesis 35:23

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The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
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  1. Genesis 30:18–20Rank 1 from verse 23
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    18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

    19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

    20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

  2. Genesis 29:32–35Rank 2 from verse 23
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    32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

    33And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

    34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

    35And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

  3. Genesis 46:8–15Rank 3 from verse 23
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    8¶ And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

    9And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

    10¶ And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

    11¶ And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    12¶ And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

    13¶ And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

    14¶ And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

    15These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

  4. Exodus 1:2–4Rank 4 from verse 23
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    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

    4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

  5. Genesis 33:2Rank 5 from verse 23
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    2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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Genesis 35:23

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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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35:21¶ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

35:22And 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:

35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

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35:24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

35:25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

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