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Tribes of Israel

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Noun1.Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of JacobTribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
Twelve Tribes of Israel
kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, kin, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage
Lost Tribes - the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin)
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But he believed that the red men were the descendants of those lost tribes of Israel of whom history has been able to tell us nothing for thousands of years.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The reception of this person in the ball of Cedric the Saxon, was such as might have satisfied the most prejudiced enemy of the tribes of Israel.
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