Tribes Listed in Revelation
| Son (Birth Order) | Son (Rev Order) | Verse | Meaning of Name |
| Reuben (Leah) | Judah (Leah) |
Gen 29:35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "This time I will praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children. |
Praise the Lord |
| Simeon (Leah) | Reuben (Leah) |
Gen 29:32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now." |
Behold a Son! |
| Levi (Leah) | Gad (Zilpah) |
Gen 30:11 Then Leah said, "What good fortune!" So she named him Gad. |
Good fortune |
| Judah (Leah) | Asher (Zilpah) | Gen 30:13 Then Leah said, "I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed." So she called his name Asher. | Happy & blessed |
| Dan (Bilhah) | Napthali (Bilhah) |
Gen 30:8 Then Rachel said, "I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won." So she named him Naphtali. |
Wrestling / struggle |
| Napthali (Bilhah) | Manasseh (Joseph) | Gen 41:51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household." | Caused me to forget |
| Gad (Zilpah) | Simeon (Leah) | Gen 29:33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Because the LORD heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon. | Heard |
| Asher (Zilpah) | Levi (Leah) |
Gen 29:34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." So he was named Levi. |
Joined / associated with him |
| Issachar (Leah) | Issachar (Leah) | Gen 30:18 Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband." So she named him Issachar. | Rewarded |
| Zebulan (Leah) | Zebulun (Leah) | Gen 30:20 And Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." So she called his name Zebulun | A dwelling / habitation |
| Joseph (Rachel) | Joseph (Rachel) | Gen 30:24 She named him Joseph, and said, "May the LORD add to me another son." | Adding |
| Benjamin (Rachel) | Benjamin (Rachel) | Gen 35:18 As she breathed her last--for she was dying--she named her son Ben- Oni. But his father named him Benjamin. | The Son of the right hand |
"Praise the Lord! Behold the Son! What good fortune I have. How happy and blessed I am! My wrestling and struggles He has caused me to forget. He has heard me. I am joined and associated with Him. He has rewarded me giving me a dwelling and habitation with Him and adding to me the Son of His right hand!