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Way way back many centuries ago 
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Not long after the Bible began 
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Jacob lived in the land of Canaan 
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A fine example of a family man. 
 
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Depended on farming to earn their keep. 
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Spen all of his days in the fields with sheep. 
 
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Jacob was the founder of a whole new nation 
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Thanks to the number of children he had 
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He was also known as Israel, but most of the time 
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His sons and his wives used to call him Dad. 
 
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Men of the soil, of the sheaf and crook 
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A remarkable family in anyone's book. 
 
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Reuben was the eldest of the children of Israel 
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With Simeon and Levi the next in line 
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Naphtali and Isaachar with Asher and Dan 
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Zebulun and Gad took the total to nine 
 
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Benjamin and Judah, which leaves only one 
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Joseph - Jacob's favourite son 
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