The 12 tribes of Israel, named after Jacob's sons ... the 12 sons of the patriarch Jacob and believed to be their direct ...

The twelve tribes of Israel, therefore ... Rather than being one tribe short, the descendants of the sons of Joseph—Ephraim and Manasseh—were recognized as two distinct tribes, bringing ...

Society.Document.Communication, Vol. 9, Issue. 1, p. 20. The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical ...

Jacob had twelve sons, from whom the twelve tribes of Israel originated. Due to a severe drought, Jacob’s descendants were forced to move to ancient Egypt, where they were later enslaved.

Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuven ... tribesmen whom he was convinced were descendants of the Lost Israelites.

The Bnei Menashe, who are from north-eastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur, identify as descendants of the Manasseh tribe, one of the 10 “lost tribes of Israel” exiled at the end of the ...

Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuven ... tribesmen whom he was convinced were descendants of the Lost Israelites.