Alright I'm officially confused (I can't keep all the names organized in my brain). I was planning to discuss Joseph's tears when his brothers showed up to buy corn but I have been distracted by my confusion as to the lineage of Israel. I thought Joseph was the youngest but I've discovered that it was Benjamin (Rachel's second son). Anyway I'm skipping the tears and making a study guide to remember the twelve sons of Jacob (a little backtracking).
GENESIS 35:22-26
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
1. Rueben - Leah
2. Simeon - Leah
3. Levi - Leah
4. Judah - Leah
5. Dan - Bilhah
6. Naphtali - Bilhah
7. Gad - Zilpah
8. Asher - Zilpah
9. Issachar - Leah
10. Zebulun - Leah
11. Joseph - Rachael
12. Benjamin - Rachael
R - S - L - J - D - N - G - A - I - Z - J - B
There, so, using sports as a memory tool (soccer, basketball, hockey), we get the sentence:
Real Salt Lake Jacked Denver NugGets And Iced Zebulun, Joseph, & Ben
Memorize it...
~Kipling
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