{"id":59769,"date":"2005-03-07T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-08T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=59769"},"modified":"2023-03-07T20:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T02:44:20","slug":"sons-of-jacob-childrens-class-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/sons-of-jacob-childrens-class-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Jacob (Children&#8217;s Class Song)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Jeanie Pratt<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to use the following lyrics which I wrote many years ago. I could not remember the usual version and wanted the order of birth. I sing this to the tune of Jesus Loves Me.<\/p>\n<p>I have a poster board with the song. I color code the boys&#8217; names by their mothers. I list the mothers in the same colors at the bottom of the board. This visual helps me recall many facts about them in the shortest possible time.<\/p>\n<h2>Sons of Jacob<\/h2>\nby Jeanie Pratt\nJacob bore them one by one<br \/>\nReuben\u00a0first then\u00a0Simeon,<br \/>\nLevi\u00a0and\u00a0Judah. Next he had<br \/>\nDan\u00a0and\u00a0Naphthali\u00a0and\u00a0Gad.<br \/>\nAsher\u00a0was another one,<br \/>\nIssachar\u00a0and\u00a0Zebulun.<br \/>\nRachel finally had two sons:<br \/>\nJoseph\u00a0first then\u00a0Benjamin.\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/SonsOfJacobSong.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-59769-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/SonsOfJacobSong.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/SonsOfJacobSong.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/SonsOfJacobSong.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Sandy McTiernan<\/p>\nI completed Jeanie Pratt&#8217;s song and changed it a bit. Thank you Jeannie for sharing your inspiration!<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<h2>Twelve Sons of Jacob<\/h2>\n<h4>From Genesis 29-30.\u00a0To the tune of &#8220;Jesus Loves Me.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>by Sandy McTiernan and Jeanie Pratt<\/p>\nGod gave Jacob one by one:<br \/>\nReuben first, then Simeon &#8230;<br \/>\nLevi, Naphtali, and Dan.<br \/>\nFrom Judah&#8217;s line Jesus began.\nSix sons of Jacob<br \/>\nSix sons of Jacob<br \/>\nSix sons of Jacob &#8230;<br \/>\nAnd more were on the way!\nAsher was another one,<br \/>\nIssachar, Gad, Zebulun.<br \/>\nRachel fin&#8217;lly had two sons:<br \/>\nJoseph first, then Benjamin.\nTwelve sons of Jacob<br \/>\nTwelve sons of Jacob<br \/>\nTwelve sons of Jacob<br \/>\nThe tribes of Israel!\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/TwelveSonsOfJacobSong.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-59769-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/TwelveSonsOfJacobSong.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/TwelveSonsOfJacobSong.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/03\/TwelveSonsOfJacobSong.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jeanie Pratt Please feel free to use the following lyrics which I wrote many years ago. I could not remember the usual version and wanted the order of birth. I sing this to the tune of Jesus Loves Me. I have a poster board with the song. I color code the boys&#8217; names by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[358,520,521],"class_list":["post-59769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-bible-class","tag-music","tag-songs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49360,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/shouldnt-there-be-12-children-in-genesis-3222\/","url_meta":{"origin":59769,"position":0},"title":"Shouldn&#8217;t there be 12 children in Genesis 32:22?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Good morning, I am working on my Bible class lesson for my Bible class tonight. 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