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Reuben , Reuben
REUBEN (Heb. רְאוּבֵן), firstborn son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32; 46:8), and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Reuben. The biblical de… Sibbecai , Sibbecai or Sibbechai (both: sĬb´əkī, –kā´ī), in the Bible, one of David's guard, noted for his fight with the Philistine giant. He is also called Me… Ephraim , Ephraim
EPHRAIM (Heb. אֶפְרָיִם), younger son of *Joseph, born to him in Egypt by his wife *Asenath daughter of Poti-Phera (Gen. 41:50–52); the epony… Lost Tribes , TEN LOST TRIBES , legend concerning the fate of the ten tribes constituting the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the… Five Civilized Tribes , Five Civilized Tribes is a name white settlers gave to the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminoles in the 1800s after these Native America… Tribe , The English word tribe is an ambivalent term that is used indiscriminately to refer to a wide variety of social groupings that range from small, prel…
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