9th Son Of Jacob
Asher Zilpah happy 9.
9th son of jacob. Jacob was obeying Gods command to return home so he was in the will of God. 1 1 The copy of the testament of Gad what things he spake unto his sons in the hundred and twenty 2 fifth year of his life saying unto them. Judah Leah let him God be praised 5.
During the period of Judges the tribe of Dan migrated from their original allotment on the Mediterranean coast to the city of Laish renamed Dan Jgs 186 The site of LaishDan has been under excavation since 1966 directed by Avraham Biran on behalf of the Israel Antiquities. He surrounded him He instructed him He guarded him as the apple of His. 10 He found him in a desert land in a barren howling wilderness.
The reference to troop was prophetic of the high spirit and valor which characterized the descendants of Gad. This family with its sordid history of deceit jealousy and even murder was the family God chose. In Canaan Rachel gave birth to Jacobs final son Benjamin but tragically she died in childbirth.
He was the second son of Zilpah. He was the last of the patriarchs from whom all Israel descended as after him Israel split into twelve tribes. She strives to earn his affection by bearing him children.
Issachar Leah man of hire 10. Simeon was also the ancestor of the Tribe of Simeon. So the final birth order of Jacobs thirteen children by these four women was.
Gad son of Jacob. Dan was the fifth son of Jacob and the first son of Bilhah Rachels handmaid Gn 3016. It would mean that Jacobs ninth son was dedicated to Horus or Sokar.