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References for Chapter 7

The Twelve Tribes of Israel

1.		Reuben		(Sons of Leah)
2.		Simeon
3.		Levi
4.		Judah
5.		Issachar
6.		Zebulun
7.		Dan		(Sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid)
8.		Naphtali
9.		Gad		(Sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid)
10.		Asher
11.		Joseph		(Sons of Rachel)
12.		Benjamin
		Joseph was the father of Manasseh and Ephraim.

Gen 29:31–30:24, 35:16-29 (optional, if you want to read the origin of Jacob’s twelve children)
Gen 49, esp vv. 16-17 (Dan is a serpent)
Ez 9:1-7 (Marking the foreheads of the righteous)
Eph 1:13-14 (We are sealed with the Holy Spirit)
Is 49:10 (The righteous shall not hunger or thirst)
Jn 6:35 (The righteous shall not hunger or thirst)
Is 25:7-9 (Wipe away tears)

Excursus: the lists of the twelve disciples

Mt 10:2-4	Lk 6:14-16	Mk 3:16-18	Eucharistic Prayer 1
first, Simon, who is called Peter	Simon, whom he named Peter	Simon whom he surnamed Peter	Peter
Andrew his brother	Andrew his brother	James the son of Zebedee	Paul
James the son of Zebedee	James	John the brother of James, whom he surnamed Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder	Andrew
John his brother	John	Andrew	James
Philip	Philip	Philip	John
Bartholomew	Bartholomew	Bartholomew	Thomas
Thomas	Matthew	Matthew	James
Matthew the tax collector	Thomas	Thomas	Philip
James the son of Alphaeus	James the son of Alphaeus	James the son of Alphaeus	Bartholomew
Thaddaeus	Simon who was called the Zealot	Thaddaeus	Matthew
Simon the Cananaean	Judas the son of James	Simon the Cananaean	Simon
Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him	Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor	Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.	Jude