Greetings to the whole community.

In the present Biblical story for children, we will share everything related to "The great family of Jacob", whose story we can find in Genesis 29: 32-35; 30: 1-26; 35: 16-19

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Look at this great family. These are the 12 sons of Jacob. And he also had daughters. Do you know the names of some of the children? Let's learn a little.

Leah gave birth to Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah. When Raquel saw that she was not having children, she became very sad. That is why he gave Jacob his servant Bilha, and Bilha had two sons named Dan and Naphtali. Then Leah also gave Jacob his servant Zilpah, and Zilpah gave birth to Gad and Asher.

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At last Raquel could have a child.

When Rachel finally had a child, she gave him the name of Joseph.

These were the 11 children who were born to Jacob when he lived with Laban, Rachel's father.

Jacob also had some daughters, but the Bible only gives the name of one of them. Her name is Dina.

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Jacob decides to become independent of Laban, his father-in-law.

The time came when Jacob decided to leave Laban and return to Canaan. That is why he gathered his great family and his great flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, and began the long journey.

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Jacob and his family in Canaan.

Some time after Jacob and his family returned to Canaan, Rachel gave birth to another son. This happened when they were on a trip. Rachel was wrong, and she finally died when she gave birth. But the baby was fine. Jacob called him Benjamin.

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The entire nation of Israel came from the conformation of the 12 tribes of the sons of Jacob.

We want to remember the names of Jacob's 12 sons because the entire nation of Israel came from them. In fact, the 12 tribes of Israel have the names of ten sons of Jacob and two sons of Joseph. Jacob lived many years after the birth of all these children, and he should have been happy to have so many grandchildren.

In the next biblical story we will see what happened to Jacob's daughter Dina.