<P> Deuteronomy 33: 6--25 and Judges 5: 14--18 present parallel listings of the twelve tribes: </P> <Ul> <Li> Reuben </Li> <Li> Simeon </Li> <Li> Levi </Li> <Li> Judah </Li> <Li> Issachar </Li> <Li> Zebulun </Li> <Li> Dan </Li> <Li> Naphtali </Li> <Li> Gad </Li> <Li> Asher </Li> <Li> Joseph (later Ephraim and Manasseh) </Li> <Li> Benjamin </Li> </Ul> <Li> Joseph (later Ephraim and Manasseh) </Li> <P> Jacob elevated the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh (the two sons of Joseph and his Egyptian wife Asenath) to the status of full tribes in their own right, replacing the tribe of Joseph . </P>

Who were the 12 tribes of israel named after