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These sons went on to found the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]] except that Levi was not included in that list and in place of Joseph were his two sons, [[Manasseh]] and [[Ephraim]], thereby keeping a full twelve. | These sons went on to found the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]] except that Levi was not included in that list and in place of Joseph were his two sons, [[Manasseh]] and [[Ephraim]], thereby keeping a full twelve. | ||
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Revision as of 10:58, January 20, 2008
In the book of Genesis in the Bible it is recorded that Jacob the patriarch of the nation of Israel had twelve sons. In order they were:
These sons went on to found the Twelve Tribes of Israel except that Levi was not included in that list and in place of Joseph were his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, thereby keeping a full twelve.