The Twelve tribes of Israel~?

Question

Ok I started reading Genisis but am stumped on one thing,Does any know if the twelve tribes of Israel came before or after the tower of Babel?I've heard some go either way with it...

Answer 1

Abraham was age 75 Gen.12:4; at 427 years after the flood, the Tower of Babel had already been in the days of Peleg.
Adam to #10 son Noah at age 600 came throught the flood, to #20 son in the genealogy of Jesus is Abraham, king David will be #34 ti Zedekiah #48, to Jesus #62 in Matt.1:1-17;
Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob 512 years after the flood, Gen.47:9,11,28; Jacob was age 130 when he and his 12 sons, the twelve tribes of Israel were in Egypt. His 11th son Joseph had been sold to merchantmen who brought him to Egypt and sold him
when he was age 17.
Now 642 years after the flood, Joseph is age 40 and governor of Egypt 10 years already, Jacob his Father is age 130 and for famine they are all in Egypt at 215 years after Abraham was age 75 [ Abraham was given the promised Land covenant for his family, it would be in generation four [ 4 ], and began 400 years after Isaac was heir age.
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Exo.6:16-23,26; Levi, Kohath, Amram, Aaron age 83, and the priest line, his brother Moses age 80, and the prophet Judge line Exo.7:7; 12:40,41;
430 years after Abraham was age 75, and 857 years after the flood, the twelve tribes
exit Egypt and Num.33:38,39; Aaron age 123 dies in 40th year. Deut.34:7; Moses age 120 dies in the 40th year. Joshua 5:6,10,12; At end of the 40 years by 14 days into the next year, at 898 after the flood. Judges 11:26; Here at 1,198 years after the flood, at the death of Judge Jair. This is 1212 before Christ will be born in world Empire Rome #6, after Egypt was #1.
Acts 13:20,21; From Moses as Judge 857 plus 450 years to Samuel age 80, at 1,307 years after the flood. This is 1103 before Christ. Saul is king from 1117 to 1077 BCE.
King David is king 40 years to 1,373 after the flood, and 1037 before Christ.
1Ki.6:1; Solomon began the temple at 4th year as king in 1033 before Christ, at 480 years from Moses death 897 years after the flood and Solomon is 1377 years after the flood, he has 36 years as king [ 40 years ], to die 1Ki.11:42; 3069 years after Adam, 1,413 years after the flood and 997 years before Christ will be in Roman Empire.

Answer 2

If i recall correctly the nation of Israel was made up out these 12 tribes. When the Israelites entered the promised land they were given the land by tribe. Ultimately the Israelite nation rejected the Messiah and when they did this God rejected them as a nation. Therefore the twelve tribes are symbolic and not literal. They are still made up of those of mankind but those that had been faithful to the end. There is also the 2nd part of that flock that no man was able to number that will enjoy life on a paradise earth.

Answer 3

Tower of Babel occurs shortly after the flood - Genesis 11; the 12 tribes are (generally) the descendants of Jacob, renamed Israel by God and don't come on the scene until much later, in Genesis 29 and following.

Answer 4

Long after. The tower of Babel came a couple hundred years after Noah.
The twelve tribes are the descendants of Jacob's twelve sons. their families made up the nation of the Hebrews (Israel). They're called the Children of Israel because God changed Jacob's name to Israel.

Answer 5

Okay, you've heard of Noah, who built the ark, right? Well, after his family came out, after the flood waters receded, they had to repopulate the earth (which at that point had largely been populated so far around where the Middle East is now, anyway). Noah's three sons and their wives had kids who wanted to stick together and become really GREAT! (We humans are kinda dumb like that...) So they ended up building that famous (and fairly disastrous) tower named Babel.

(The part of the world where that tower was built has always been trouble -- I don't mean the Middle East, I mean the little area of land where it was built. Have you ever wondered why "Babel" the tower and "Babylon" the ruthless and violent ancient nation have names that sound so familiar? No coincidence -- Babylon was built in the same place. Even today there's still trouble for that little area -- Babylon's site is just miles from Baghdad! That's Iraq! No kidding.)

Anyway, God confused the dickens out of the people who were trying to literally build a tower to make themselves bigger and better and more important than God, by messing up their one-unified-language-system, so they actually did do what He had told them to do (which was basically to spread out and "move in" to use the whole planet).

And a number of generations after that got going, God chose Abraham to be the father of his special people (who are still a recognizable nation today).
And Abraham had a kid named Isaac.
And Isaac had twin sons, one of whom was named Jacob.
And Jacob (after God gave him a new name, calling him Israel) had 12 sons (which is a very complicated story).
And those 12 sons started the 12 tribes of Israel.

I hope this explanation helps. :)

Barjesse37

Answer 6

Nope. The twelve tribes was descended after Abraham, his son Issac and were the children of Issac's son Jacob. Jacob's name was also changed to Israel and from those 10 sons and 2 grandsons were the tribes of Israel. One son, was disowned. One son, Joseph, was not named a tribe but two of his sons were established as a tribe each.

Answer 7

Adam - Genesis 1
Noah Genesis 6
Babel Genesis 10
Abraham Genesis 12
Jacob (Israel) Genesis 32 (12 tribes)
Moses Exodus 1
Joshua 1+ 12 tribes inherit the land

Answer 8

AFTER around 930 B.C. the Kingdom divided and Became 10 Northern tribes and 2 southern tribes and they were taken into capitivity The northern tribes by the Assyrians and the southern tribes by the Babylonians 722B.C. And 585B.C.

Answer 9

Babel is just after flood. So it cannot come before. They are the root of Jacob. Read Genesis 49.

Answer 10

The twelve tribes of Israel started with Abram...That was after the flood....
God changed Abram's name to Abraham...
He changed Sari's name to Sarah...
Abraham meaning 'father of the country'
Sarah meaning 'Mother'