Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThese were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Young's Literal Translation These [are] sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, King James Bible These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, Hebrew Theseאֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those were the sons בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Israel: יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Reuben, רְאוּבֵ֤ן (rə·’ū·ḇên) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7205: Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc Simeon, שִׁמְעוֹן֙ (šim·‘ō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8095: Simeon -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe, also an Israelite with a foreign wife Levi, לֵוִ֣י (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him Judah, וִיהוּדָ֔ה (wî·hū·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites Issachar, יִשָׂשכָ֖ר (yi·śā·š·ḵār) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3485: Issachar -- perhaps 'there is recompense', a son of Jacob and Leah, also a son of Obed-edom Zebulun, וּזְבֻלֽוּן׃ (ū·zə·ḇu·lūn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2074: Zebulun -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and their territory |