The 12 tribes of Israel, named after Jacob's sons, are central to the Hebrew Bible narrative. Scholars question the ...

Jacob was renamed Israel when God appeared to him when he was leaving Padn-Aram and blessed him. Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

The twelve tribes of Israel, therefore ... which featured strongly throughout all Israelite history. The tribe of Levi were assigned to serve as priests among the tribes of Israel.

The Book of Genesis tells the story of Jacob and his 12 sons, who formed the basis of the 12 tribes of Israel. When famine struck the land of Canaan ...