Jacob Has a Big Family

JACOB has a big family.  Jacob has 12 sons. And he had daughters too.  Do you know the names of any of the children?  Let's learn some of them.

Le'ah gave birth to Rue'ben, Sim'e-on, Le'vi and Judah. When Rachel saw that she was not having any children she was very sad.  So she gave her maidservant Bil'hah to Jacob, and Bil'had  had two sons named Dan and Naph'ta-li.  Then Le'ah also gave her maidservant Zil'pah to Jacob, and Zil'pah gave birth to Gad and Ash'er. Le'ah finally had two more sons, Is'sa-char and Zeb'u-lun. 

At last Rachel was able to have a child. She named him Joseph. Later we will learn a lot more about Joseph, because he became a very important person.  These were the 11 sons that were born to Jacob when he lived with Rachel's father La'ban.

Jacob also had some daughter, but the Bible gives the names of only one of them. Her name was Di'nah.

Next time: Conclusion of Jacob Has a Big Family

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