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[[ | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:열두 지파]][[vi:12 chi phái]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->The '''twelve tribes''' represent the twelve families of Israel, originating from the twelve sons of [[Jacob]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+49%3A1-28&version=NIV |title=Genesis 49:1–28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://kingjamesbibledictionary.com/Tribes Tribes and Families in the Bible], ''King James Bible Dictionary''</ref> Jacob earned the name “Israel” which means “to struggle with [[God]] and overcome,” by wrestling with God at the Jabbok River. He fathered twelve sons through his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and his two concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. The descendants of these sons flourished, each forming a tribe. A tribe served as a fundamental unit of the Israelite community.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/dictionary-of-bible-themes/7266-tribes-Israel TRIBES OF ISRAEL], ''Dictionary of Bible Themes''</ref> | ||
The '''twelve tribes''' represent the twelve families of Israel, originating from the twelve sons of [[Jacob]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+49%3A1-28&version=NIV |title=Genesis 49:1–28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://kingjamesbibledictionary.com/Tribes Tribes and Families in the Bible], ''King James Bible Dictionary''</ref> Jacob earned the name “Israel” which means “to struggle with [[God]] and overcome,” by wrestling with God at the Jabbok River. He fathered twelve sons through his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and his two concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. The descendants of these sons flourished, each forming a tribe. A tribe served as a fundamental unit of the Israelite community.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/dictionary-of-bible-themes/7266-tribes-Israel TRIBES OF ISRAEL], ''Dictionary of Bible Themes''</ref> | |||
God had promised [[Abraham]] that Canaan would be an eternal inheritance for his descendants.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+17%3A7-8&version=NIV |title=Genesis 17:7–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In fulfillment of this promise, God allocated the land of Canaan to the Israelites under the leadership of [[Joshua]], based on their tribal divisions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+13%3A8-19%3A51&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV |title=Joshua 13:8–19:51 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Among them, the tribes of Judah and Ephraim emerged as central tribes in the [[southern Kingdom of Judah]] and the [[northern Kingdom of Israel]], respectively, during the era of divided kingdoms. | God had promised [[Abraham]] that Canaan would be an eternal inheritance for his descendants.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+17%3A7-8&version=NIV |title=Genesis 17:7–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In fulfillment of this promise, God allocated the land of Canaan to the Israelites under the leadership of [[Joshua]], based on their tribal divisions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+13%3A8-19%3A51&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV |title=Joshua 13:8–19:51 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Among them, the tribes of Judah and Ephraim emerged as central tribes in the [[southern Kingdom of Judah]] and the [[northern Kingdom of Israel]], respectively, during the era of divided kingdoms. | ||