Hebrew tribes descended from the 12 sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible

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Joseph tells his unsympathetic family about his two prophetic dreams. Line engraving by G. de Jode.

A sacrifice taking place in the tabernacle in the wilderness; the encampments of the Jewish tribes spread out to the horizon. Coloured lithograph.

Eleazar and Matthan in a half roundel. Engraving by A. Cunego after A. de Angelis after Michelangelo.

Genealogical tables of Ephraim and David. Etching, c. 1700.

Jacob and Joseph with their sons in a half roundel in the Vatican. Engraving by A. Cunego (?) after A. de Angelis (?) after Michelangelo.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, a 'virga' (shoot) from the genealogical tree of Jesse. Engraving by D. Cunego, 1778, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

Joseph is dragged from the pit and sold by his brothers to a company of passing Midianites. Line engraving by G. de Jode.

The Hebrew text of the parallel prophecies of Jacob and Moses relating to the twelve tribes; with a translation and notes. And the various lections of near forty mss. To which are added 1o. The Samaritan-Arabic version of those passages, and part of another Arabic version made from the Samaritan text; neither of which have been before printed; IIo. A map of the Land of Promise. and IIIo. An appendix containing four dissertations. [Title continues in note] / by D. Durell, B.D. principal of Hertford College.

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Twelve tribes of Israel

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Joseph is dragged from the pit and sold by his brothers to a company of passing Midianites. Line engraving by G. de Jode.

Eleazar and Matthan in a half roundel. Engraving by A. Cunego after A. de Angelis after Michelangelo.

Jacob and Joseph with their sons in a half roundel in the Vatican. Engraving by A. Cunego (?) after A. de Angelis (?) after Michelangelo.

A sacrifice taking place in the tabernacle in the wilderness; the encampments of the Jewish tribes spread out to the horizon. Coloured lithograph.

Twelve tribes of Israel

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Joseph is dragged from the pit and sold by his brothers to a company of passing Midianites. Line engraving by G. de Jode.

Eleazar and Matthan in a half roundel. Engraving by A. Cunego after A. de Angelis after Michelangelo.

Jacob and Joseph with their sons in a half roundel in the Vatican. Engraving by A. Cunego (?) after A. de Angelis (?) after Michelangelo.

A sacrifice taking place in the tabernacle in the wilderness; the encampments of the Jewish tribes spread out to the horizon. Coloured lithograph.

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