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Twelve Sons of Jacob (Israel)
| Name
|
Mother
|
Inheritence
|
Highlight
|
Birth Order
|
| Reuben
|
Leah
|
|
First Born and Protector of Joseph
|
1
|
| Simeon
|
Leah
|
|
|
2
|
| Levi
|
Leah
|
Servants of the Lord
|
Father of the Levitical Priests
|
3
|
| Judah
|
Leah
|
|
|
4
|
| Issachar
|
Leah
|
|
|
9
|
| Zebulun
|
Leah
|
|
|
10
|
| Joseph
|
Rachel
|
|
Jacob's Favored Son (first son of Leah)
|
11
|
| Benjamin
|
Rachel
|
|
|
12
|
| Dan
|
Bilhah (Rachel's Slave)
|
|
|
5
|
| Nephtali
|
Bilhah (Rachel's Slave)
|
|
|
6
|
| Gad
|
Zilpah (Leah's Slave)
|
|
|
7
|
| Asher
|
Zilpah (Leah's Slave)
|
|
|
8
|