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Vayeitzei

November 9, 2010 in 5771, Asher, Benjamin, Bilhah, Dan, Dinah, Gad, Genesis / Bereshit, Issachar, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, Leah, Levi, Naphtali, Rachel, Simeon, Zebulun, Zilpah by Ed | No comments


Jacob had twelve sons
Six were children of Leah
Rachel had just two

Bilhah and Zilpah
Servants of the two sisters
Gave birth to two each

Reuben, Simeon
Levi, Judah, Issachar
Zebulun (Leah’s)

Bilhah’s first was Dan
Her second son Naphtali
Joseph’s fifth and sixth

Leah’s maid Zilpah
Mother of Gad and Asher
The seventh and eighth

And Rachel’s children?
Joseph, Jacob’s fav’rite son
And young Benjamin

Twelve boys, one sister
Leah’s daughter, named Dinah
More ’bout her next week


Vayeitzei

November 25, 2009 in 5770, Genesis / Bereshit, Jacob, Laban, Leah, Rachel by Ed | 1 comment

Seven years of work
Jacob thinks he’ll wed Rachel
That was Laban’s vow

But Laban tricked him
Gave Jacob the older girl
Leah, not Rachel

Then, seven more years
Before Jake would have Rachel
It didn’t seem fair

Jealousy ensues
About Jacob, his twelve sons
And even mandrakes