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Reuben , Reuben
REUBEN (Heb. רְאוּבֵן), firstborn son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32; 46:8), and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Reuben. The biblical de… Phuvah , Pua (pyōō´ə), variant of Phuvah.
Phuvah (fyōō´və), in the Bible, son of Issachar; the ancestor of the Punites. Simeon , Simeon
SIMEON (Heb. שִׁמְעוֹן), the second son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:33) and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Simeon. The name is formed f… Lost Tribes , TEN LOST TRIBES , legend concerning the fate of the ten tribes constituting the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the… Levites , Members of an Israelite tribe set aside for the service of the Lord. In the development of this institution over several centuries, there were many c… Ephraim , Ephraim
EPHRAIM (Heb. אֶפְרָיִם), younger son of *Joseph, born to him in Egypt by his wife *Asenath daughter of Poti-Phera (Gen. 41:50–52); the epony…
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