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Rachel and Leah
[People]Rachel and Leah are the two daughters of Laban in the Book of Genesis. The sisters both became wives of Jacob and the mothers of the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Dinah
[People]Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah and the only daughter of Jacob named in the Bible. She is the central figure in the Shechem incident recorded in Genesis 34.
Issachar
[People]Issachar was a son of Jacob and Leah. His name became the name of the tribe of Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Zilpah
[People]Zilpah was the maidservant whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah as her handmaid. Through Leah she became a wife of Jacob and bore Gad and Asher, making her the mother of two of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Reuben
[People]Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Reuben, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Scripture records that he lost his position as firstborn because he lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine.
Simeon (son of Jacob)
[People]The second son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. He is known for his part in the Shechem incident and for being held as a hostage in the story of Joseph.
Judah (Son of Jacob)
[People]Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Judah, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Davidic royal line descended from him, and the New Testament presents Jesus as his descendant.
Zebulun
[People]Zebulun was the sixth son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Zebulun, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe's territory is connected with the region of Galilee, where Jesus later carried out his ministry.
Levi (Son of Jacob)
[People]Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses and Aaron, as well as the Levites and priests who served in the tabernacle and the temple, were all his descendants.
Mandrake
[Bible]The mandrake is the plant that Reuben found in the field and gave to Leah in Genesis 30; it also appears in Song of Solomon 7. It is commonly identified with the Mediterranean mandrake (*Mandragora*).
Asher
[People]Asher was a son of Jacob by Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah. His descendants formed the tribe of Asher, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. His name is interpreted as meaning "happiness."
Tribe of Judah
[Bible]The tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. It was the central tribe of the Davidic royal house and of the southern kingdom of Judah, and the New Testament presents Jesus as a descendant of this tribe.
Gad
[People]Gad was the son born to Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, and the ancestor of the tribe of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. He and Asher were full brothers, born of the same mother.
Genesis 30
[Bible]Genesis 30 recounts how Jacob's wives, Rachel and Leah, compete to bear sons, even giving their maidservants to Jacob, so that several children are born, including Joseph. It also tells how Jacob settles his wages with Laban and grows wealthy through his flocks.
Laban
[People]Laban was an Aramean of Haran who appears in the book of Genesis. The brother of Rebekah, the uncle of Jacob, and the father of Leah and Rachel, he kept Jacob in his household for twenty years.
Genesis 29
[Bible]Genesis 29 tells how Jacob, after arriving in Haran, serves his uncle Laban seven years for Rachel, is deceived into marrying Leah first, and agrees to serve another seven years. The chapter closes with Leah bearing four sons.
Levites
[Bible]The Levites were members of the Israelite tribe descended from Levi, the son of Jacob. Rather than receiving land as an inheritance, they were set apart for the work of the tabernacle and the temple. Among them, the descendants of Aaron became priests.
Puvah
[People]Puvah was the second son of Issachar and a grandson of Jacob. He was the ancestor of the Punite family within the tribe of Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, and he appears only in genealogies.
Joseph (Son of Jacob)
[People]Joseph is a figure in the Book of Genesis, the son of Jacob and Rachel. Sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, he rose to become the country's chief administrator and saved his family during a famine. He is distinct from Joseph of Nazareth, the legal father of Jesus.
Bilhah
[People]Bilhah was Rachel's handmaid in the Book of Genesis and a wife (concubine) of Jacob. She bore Dan and Naphtali, the ancestors of the tribes of Dan and Naphtali among the twelve tribes of Israel.