Abraham and Sarah had a handsome little boy named Isaac. When Isaac grew up, he married a girl named Rebekah, and they had twin boys. They named their sons Jacob and Esau. Jacob liked to trick or deceive people to get what he wanted. So to teach him a lesson, God let someone trick Jacob so he would feel what it was like. Finally, Jacob was sorry and didn’t want to trick people anymore. He had a big change in his life. God was happy and gave Jacob a new name, Israel, and blessed him with twelve sons.
Chorus 1
Twelve sons, twelve sons.
Jacob had so many, so many sons.
Twelve sons, twelve sons.
Let’s name them one by one.
Verse
Reuben, Issachar, Levi,
Judah, Dan, and Naphtali,
Gad, Asher, and Simeon,
Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Chorus 2
There were twelve sons, twelve sons.
Never a twin; there were so many sons.
Twelve sons, twelve sons.
Jacob had twelve sons.
[Repeat Verse]
Chorus 3
Twelve sons, twelve sons.
Jacob had so many, so many sons.
Twelve sons, twelve sons.
Jacob had twelve sons.
Taken from the album Great Adventures 1. Music and lyrics by Cathy Gehr. Vocal by Cherish Ryder. Produced by Peter Gehr.Copyright © 1996 by Aurora Production AG. Used by permission.