It happened, while Yisra'el lived in that land, that Re'uven went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Yisra'el heard of it. Now the sons of Ya`akov were twelve.
Genesis 49:28 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) All these are the twelve tribes of Yisra'el, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one according to the blessing suited to him. American Standard Version (1901) All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. Common English Bible These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them by giving each man his own particular blessing. Catholic Public Domain Version All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. These things their father spoke to them, and he blessed each one with their proper blessings. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one, with their proper blessings. |
It happened, while Yisra'el lived in that land, that Re'uven went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Yisra'el heard of it. Now the sons of Ya`akov were twelve.
*Binyamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil.*
He charged them, and said to them, *I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of `Efron the Chittite,
Eliyahu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Ya`akov, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Yisra'el shall be your name.
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
Then King Achashverosh said to Ester the queen and to Mordekhai the Jew, *See, I have given Ester the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordekhai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from Hoddu to Kush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Yisra'el, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Judeans, King Agrippa!
This is the blessing, with which Moshe the man of God blessed the children of Yisra'el before his death.
Ya`akov, a servant of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.
I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Yisra'el: