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Jacob’s family tree: twelve sons, Dinah and their mothers

Explore Jacob’s parents, his brother Esau, and his children with Leah, Rachel, Bilhah and Zilpah. Follow each connection back to Genesis.

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Genesis names twelve sons of Jacob and his daughter Dinah. Leah, Rachel, Bilhah and Zilpah are shown with their own children. Joseph here is Jacob’s son; he is a different person from Joseph in the Gospels.

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  • Jacob Jacob is the father of Gad.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:26
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
    Read Genesis 35:26
  • Zilpah Zilpah is the mother of Gad.
    Source: Genesis 35:26
    The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
    Read Genesis 35:26

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  • Isaac is the husband of Rebekah.
    Source: Genesis 25:20
    Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
    Read Genesis 25:20
  • Isaac is the father of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 25:26
    After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
    Read Genesis 25:26
  • Isaac is the father of Esau.
    Source: Genesis 25:25; Genesis 25:26
    The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
    Read Genesis 25:25
    After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
    Read Genesis 25:26
  • Rebekah is the mother of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 25:21; Genesis 25:26
    Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
    Read Genesis 25:21
    After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
    Read Genesis 25:26
  • Rebekah is the mother of Esau.
    Source: Genesis 25:21; Genesis 25:25
    Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
    Read Genesis 25:21
    The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
    Read Genesis 25:25
  • Esau is the brother of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 25:26
    After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
    Read Genesis 25:26
  • Jacob is the father of Reuben.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:23
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Leah is the mother of Reuben.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Jacob is the father of Simeon.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:23
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Leah is the mother of Simeon.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Jacob is the father of Levi.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:23
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Leah is the mother of Levi.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Jacob is the father of Judah.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:23
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Leah is the mother of Judah.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Jacob is the father of Issachar.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:23
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Leah is the mother of Issachar.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Jacob is the father of Zebulun.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:23
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Leah is the mother of Zebulun.
    Source: Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
    Read Genesis 35:23
  • Jacob is the father of Joseph.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:24
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Rachel is the mother of Joseph.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Jacob is the father of Benjamin.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:24
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Rachel is the mother of Benjamin.
    Source: Genesis 35:24
    The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
    Read Genesis 35:24
  • Jacob is the father of Dan.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:25
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
    Read Genesis 35:25
  • Bilhah is the mother of Dan.
    Source: Genesis 35:25
    The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
    Read Genesis 35:25
  • Jacob is the father of Naphtali.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:25
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
    Read Genesis 35:25
  • Bilhah is the mother of Naphtali.
    Source: Genesis 35:25
    The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
    Read Genesis 35:25
  • Jacob is the father of Gad.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:26
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
    Read Genesis 35:26
  • Zilpah is the mother of Gad.
    Source: Genesis 35:26
    The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
    Read Genesis 35:26
  • Jacob is the father of Asher.
    Source: Genesis 35:22; Genesis 35:26
    While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
    Read Genesis 35:22
    The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
    Read Genesis 35:26
  • Zilpah is the mother of Asher.
    Source: Genesis 35:26
    The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
    Read Genesis 35:26
  • Jacob is the father of Dinah.
    Source: Genesis 34:1
    Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
    Read Genesis 34:1
  • Leah is the mother of Dinah.
    Source: Genesis 34:1
    Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
    Read Genesis 34:1
  • Jacob is the husband of Leah.
    Source: Genesis 29:23; Genesis 29:25
    In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.
    Read Genesis 29:23
    In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”
    Read Genesis 29:25
  • Jacob is the husband of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:28
    Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
    Read Genesis 29:28
  • Leah is the sister of Rachel.
    Source: Genesis 29:16
    Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
    Read Genesis 29:16

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