Jacob was renamed Israel when God appeared to him when ... the north ruled by a succession of monarchies. The southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin constitute the historical forbears of most ...

The twelve tribes of Israel, therefore, collectively carry the name of their father. Jacob had twelve sons with his four wives. With Leah, he had Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

As one princess of Israel rejoices in her coming nuptials ... and tears the tarp signifying the Tribe of Judah from the ...