The Twelve Sons of Jacob (Israel) in Birth Order

  1)  Reuben (mother—Leah) (Genesis 29:32)

  2)  Simeon (mother—Leah) (Genesis 29:33)

  3)  Levi (mother—Leah) (Genesis 29:34)

  4)  Judah (mother—Leah) (Genesis 29:35)

  5)  Dan (mother—Bilhah) (Genesis 30:5–6)

  6)  Naphtali (mother—Bilhah) (Genesis 30:7–8)

  7)  Gad (mother—Zilpah) (Genesis 30:10–11)

  8)  Asher (mother—Zilpah) (Genesis 30:12–13)

  9)  Issachar (mother—Leah) (Genesis 30:17–18)

10)  Zebulun (mother—Leah) (Genesis 30:19–20)

11)  Joseph (mother—Rachel) (Genesis 30:22–24)

12)  Benjamin (mother—Rachel) (Genesis 35:16–18)

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