seventy-six thousand five hundred souls.-(Gen. xxxviii; Num. xxvi.; 1 Chron. ii.; 2 Chron. xiv. 9.)

Issachar, (Gen. xxx. 18,) was the fifth son of Jacob and Leah. The prophetical description of him uttered by his father, (Gen. xlix. 14, 15,) was fulfilled in the fact that the posterity of Issachar were a laborious people, and addicted to rural employments; hardy and patient to bear the burdens both of labor and war. The sons

of Issachar, and their families, were Tola, of whom cometh the Tolaites; Pua, of whom cometh the Punites; Jashub, of whom cometh the Jashubites; Shimron, of whom cometh the Shimronites. These were the families of Issachar, and the number of them was sixty-four thousand three hundred souls.-(Gen. xlvi.; Num. xxvi.)

Zebulun, or Zabulon, the sixth son of Jacob by Leah, born about A. M. 2256, from whom sprang one of the tribes of Israel. When this tribe came out of Egypt, their fighting men amounted to 57,400, commanded by Eliab, the son of Elon. They increased 3100 in the wilderness. They had their inheritance between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean, and enriched themselves by fisheries, commerce, and the manufacture of glass. The sons of Zebulon, and their families, were Sered, of whom cometh the Sardites; Elon, of whom cometh the Elonites: Jahleel, of whom cometh the Jahleelites. These were the families of Zebulonites, and the whole number of them was sixty thousand five hundred souls.-(Gen. xlvi. 14.; Num. xxvi.)

Benjamin, (Gen. xxxv. 18,) was the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel. His mother died immediately after his birth, which took place near Bethlehem, when the family were on their journey from Padan-aram to Canaan. With her dying breath, she called him Benoni, [the son of my sorrow,] but his father gave him the name of Benjamin, [the son of my right hand.] The sons of Benjamin, and their families, [1732 B. Č.] were Belah, or Bela, of whom cometh the Belaites; Ashbel of whom cometh the Ashbelites; Becher, Gera, Ehi, Rosh; Ahiram, of whom cometh the Ahiramites; Muppim or Shupham, of whom cometh the Shuphamites; Huppim or Hupham, of whom cometh the Huphamites. The sons of Bela, and their families, were Ard, of whom cometh

the Ardites; and Naaman, of whom cometh the Naamanites. These were the families of Benjamin, and the number of them was forty-five thousand six hundred souls. -(Gen. xlvi.; Numbers xxvi.)

Dan, (Gen. xxx. 6,) was the fifth son of Jacob. The prediction uttered by Jacob, respecting Dan, (Gen. xlix. 16, 17.) is variously interpreted. It is probable that the elevation of his tribe to an equal rank with the others, notwithstanding he was born of a concubine, was foretold in Gen. v. 16; and the residue of the prediction may allude to the subtle and crafty disposition of his descendants. Indeed, we know that Samson, [who was among the most noted of them,] was remarkably successful in stratagem, (Judg. xiv. 15,) and perhaps the same trait was characteristic of their tribe.--(Judg. xviii. 26, 27.) The son of Dan was Hushim or Shuham, of whom cometh the Shuhamites. The mother of Hiram, an Ethiopian king of Tyre, was a daughter of Dan.-(Num. xxvi. 2 Chron. ii. 14.)

Naphtali, (Gen. xxx. 8,) or Nephthalim, (Matt. iv. 15,) was a son of Jacob, by Bilhah. The sons of Naphtali, and their families, were Jahzeel, of whom cometh the Jahzeelites; Guni, of whom cometh the Gunites; Jezer, of whom cometh the Jezerites; Shillem, of whom cometh the Shillemites; Huram, or Hiram, was an Ethiopian king of Tyre, of the tribe of Naphtali. These were the families of Naphtali, and the number of them was forty-five thousand four hundred souls.-(Gen. xlvi.; Num. xxvi.; 1 Kings vii. 14.)

Gad, (Gen. xxx. 9—11; Num. i. 25,) was the son of Jacob, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid. The sons of Gad, and their families, were Ziphion, or Zephon, of whom cometh the Zephonites; Haggi,* of whom cometh the Haggites; Shuni, of whom cometh the Shunites; Ezbon, or Ozni, of whom cometh the Oznites; Eri, of whom cometh the Erites; Arod, of whom cometh the Arodites; Arela, of whom cometh the Arelites. These were the families of Gad, and the number of them was forty thousand five hundred souls.-(Gen. xlvi. Num. xxvi.)

Haggai, the prophet of God.-(Ezra v. 1.)

The sons of Asher, and their families, were Jimnah, or Jimna, of whom cometh the Jimnaites; Ishuah or Jesui, of whom cometh the Jesuites; Beriah, of whom cometh the Beriites; and Sarah, their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber, of whom cometh the Heberites; Malchiel, of whom cometh the Malchielites. These were the families of Asher, and the number of them was fiftythree thousand four hundred souls.-(Gen. xlvi.; Num. xxvi.)

The sons of Joseph, and their families, [1745 years B. C.] by Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah, Priest of On, an Egyptian [Ethiopian] woman. [Pharaoh, the king, called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and made him ruler over all the land of Egypt, and gave him to wife Asenath.] The sons of Joseph were Manasseh, of whom cometh the Manassehites; Ephraim, of whom cometh the Ephraimites. The son of Manasseh, by an Egyptian woman, was Machir, of whom cometh the Machirites. The son of Machir, by the daughter of an Egyptian, was Gilead, of whom cometh the Gileadites. The sons of Gilead were Jeezer, of whom cometh the Jeezerites; Helek, of whom cometh the Helekites; Asriel, of whom cometh the Asrielites; Shechem, of whom cometh the Shechemites; Shemida, of whom cometh the Shemidaites; Hepher, of whom cometh the Hepherites. The son of Hepher was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had no sons, but daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. These were the families of Manasseh, [Egyptians or Ethiopians,] and the number of them was fifty-two thousand seven hundred souls. (Gen. & Num.)

According to the Book of Mormon, [written by Joseph Smith, Jr.] the people of Nephi, and the remnant of the house of Israel, were the descendants of Joseph and Ishmael. Thus we discover the account of Lehi, the prophet, to be of the genealogy of Joseph, a Caananite, and Asenath, an Egyptian woman, [blacks]. The sons of Lehi, by Sariah, were four-Laman, Lemuel, Sam and Nephi; and they took the daughters of Ishmael for wives, [dark red people].

The sons of Ephraim, and their families, by an Egyptian woman, were Shuthelah, of whom cometh the Shu

thalites; Becher of whom cometh the Bachrites; Tahan, of whom cometh the Tahanites. The son of Shuthelah was Eran of whom cometh the Eranites; the men of Ephraim and Mt. Ephraim; Samuel the prophet was the son of Elkanah; Elkanah was the son of Jeroham, the son of Eli, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. These were the families of Ephraim, of Egypt, and the number of them was thirty-two thousand five hundred souls.-(Gen. xlvi.; Num. xxvi.; 1 Sam. i.) The sons of Amram, and their families, by Jochebad, the daughter of Levi, his father's sister, a Canaanitish woman, borne to him in Egypt, were Aaron and Moses, and his daughter was Miriam, their sister. (Ex. vi. 20.)

The sons of Aaron, and their families, by Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, a Canaanitish woman, were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazer and Ithamar. The son of Eleazer, by one of the daughters of Putiel, was Phinehas. These were the families of Aaron, and the number of them was twenty-three thousand males. (Ex. vi.; Num. iii, 26.)

The sons of Moses, the man of God, and their families by Zipporah, the daughter of Reuel, Jethro or Raguel, an Ethiopian woman, were Gershom, and Eliezer, who was of the tribe of Levi. - (1 Chron. xxiii.; Ex. iii. 18; Num. x. 29; xii. 9.) The sons of Gershom, whose wife was an Egyptian woman, were Shebuel, Libni, Shimei, Jeahath, Zimmah, Joah, Iddo,* Zerah and Jeaterai. Shebuel was the chief ruler of the treasure of the house of God, in Jerusalem. (1 Chron. vi. 23-25.) The sons of Shimei, an Ethiopian, were Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah; Jahath was the chief. (1 Chron. xxiii.)— And of the sons of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the chief. The sons of Rehabiah were Isshiah, Jeshaiah, Joram Zichri and Shelomith; and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem. (1 Chron. xxvi.) These were the sons and grandsons of Moses, and Zipporah, an Ethiopian woman.

*Iddo, the prophet of God, and Zechariah his son, who prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God Israel.-(2 Chron. xii. 15; Ezra v. 1; Zechariah.)

The sons of Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in-law, an Ethiopian, were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah and Habab the Great, who was as eyes to Moses in the wilderness; and he also had seven daughters.(Ex. ii. 16, 18; Num. x. 29; 1 Chron. i. 37.)

The sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcal, Dara and Zabdi. The son of Ethan was Azariah.—(Josh. vii. 1; Chron, ii. 6.)

The sons of Heman the Great, were Bukkiah, Mathania, Uzziel, Sherbuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalli, Ramamti, Jeshbekashah, Mallathi, Hathir and Mahaziath. God gave unto Heman, the king's seer, fourteen sons and three daughters. All these were under the hand of their father for singers in the house of the Lord, with harps, cornets, flutes, sackbuts, dulcimers, cymbals, psalteries, and all kinds of music. – (Dan. iii.; 1 Chron. xxv.) The number of singers in the house of God, was two hundred and eightyeight souls. (1 Chron. xxv. 7.)

The son of Zabdi was Carmi. The son of Carmi was Achan, of the tribe of Judah; he was stoned to death for concealing a part of the spoil taken at Jericho.(Josh. vii. 5, 25.)

Pethahiah, the son of Meshozabeel, of the children of Zerah, [the son of Judah,] was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.-(Nehemiah xi. 23.) Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, (Josh. vii. 1,) of Zerah cometh the families of the Zarhites.— (Num. xxvi. 20.) The sons of Zerah, Jeuel, and their brethren were six hundred and ninety able men of Israel.-(1 Chron. ix.)

The sons of Phares, the twin brother of Zerah, the Ethiopian, were Hezron, or Esrom, and Humul, and among their descendants was Joseph, the husband of Mary, unto whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ the Lord.-(Matt. i. 2.)

The sons of Hezron, or Esrom, were Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai.-(1 Chron. ii.; Matt. i.) The son of Ram, or Aram, was Amminadab, or Aminabab. The son of Amminadab was Nahshan, or Naassan. The son of Nahshan was Salmon. The son of Salmon was Boaz, by Rachab. Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. The men of Rachab.-(1 Chron. ii. 55; iv. 11, 12;