| A | B |
|---|
| DAN | JUDGE |
| NAPHTALI | MY WRESTLING |
| GAD | GOOD FORTUNE |
| ASHER | HAPPINESS |
| ISSACHAR | THERE IS HIRE OR REWARD |
| ZEBULUN | DWELLING |
| JOSEPH | MAY GOD ADD |
| SIMEON | GOD HEARS |
| LEVI | JOINED |
| JUDAH | PRAISE |
| REUBEN | BEHOLD A SON |
| BENJAMIN | SON OF MY RIGHT HAND |
| REASON FOR REUBEN'S NAME | The Lord had looked on Leah’s affliction |
| REASON FOR SIMEON'S NAME | The Lord heard that Leah was unloved |
| REASON FOR LEVI'S NAME | Leah hoped that Jacob would become attached (joined) to her because she had borne him three sons |
| REASON FOR JUDAH'S NAME | Leah said she would praise the Lord |
| REASON FOR DAN'S NAME | Rachel said God had judged her case and heard her voice and gave her a son |
| REASON FOR NAPHTALI'S NAME | Rachel said with great wrestling she had wrestled her sister and Rachel had prevailed |
| REASON FOR GAD'S NAME | Leah said "a troop comes!" and must have seen this as a good fortune |
| REASON FOR ASHER'S NAME | Leah said "I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed" |
| REASON FOR ISSACHAR'S NAME | Leah said "God has given me my hire (reward), because I have given my maid to my husband" |
| REASON FOR ZEBULUN'S NAME | Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons" |
| REASON FOR JOSEPH'S NAME | Rachel said "The Lord shall add to me another son" |
