Son of Jacob
Genesis 35:23
Intercedes for Joseph’s life when his brothers were about to kill him, and proposes that they sell him to the Ishmaelites
Genesis 37:26,27
Takes two wives
Genesis 38:1-6
Lives at Chezib
Genesis 38:5
His incest with his daughter-in-law
Genesis 38:12-26
Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain)
Genesis 43:1-10; 44:14-34; 46:28
Prophetic benediction of his father upon
Genesis 49:8-12
The ancestor of Jesus
Matthew 1:2,3; Revelation 5:5
Tribe of
Prophecies concerning
Genesis 49:10
Enrollment of the military forces of
At Sinai
Numbers 1:26,27; 2:4
At Bezek
1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 24:9
On the plain of Moab
Numbers 26:22
Place of, in encampments and the march
Numbers 2:3,9; 10:14
By whom commanded
Numbers 2:3
Moses’ benediction upon
Deuteronomy 33:7
Commissioned by God to lead in the conquest of the promised land
Judges 1:1-3; 1:4-21
Make David King
2 Samuel 2:1-11; 5:4,5
Rebuked by David for lukewarmness toward him after Absalom’s defeat
2 Samuel 19:11-15
Accused by the other tribes of stealing the heart of David
2 Samuel 19:41-43
Loyal to David at the time of the insurrection led by Sheba
2 Samuel 20:1,2
Is accorded the birthright forfeited by Reuben
1 Chronicles 5:1,2; 28:4; Psalms 60:7
Loyal to the house of David at the time of the revolt of the ten tribes
1 Kings 12:20
Inheritance of
Joshua 15; 18:6; 19:1,9
Name of two exiled priests
Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 12:8
A Benjamite
Nehemiah 11:9
A prince or priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 12:34,36
