The 12 tribes of Israel are introduced in the book of Genesis, home to all of the famous origin stories from the Hebrew Bible ...
Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, was the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. In the Bible, we are told that a divine being he wrestled with changed Jacob’s name. In Genesis 32:28 ...
The Book of Genesis tells the story of Jacob and his 12 sons, who formed the basis of the 12 tribes of Israel. When famine struck the land of Canaan ...