Quotes About Tribes

These are the sons of Esauís son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esauís wife Basemath.

These are the sons of Esauís wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esauís wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotanís sister.

These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.

These are the names of Esauís chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacobís firstborn.

The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

These were the heads of their fathersí houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.

The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.