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1 Chronicles 2 1-1 Chronicles 2 55
These were Israel’s sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so He put him to death.Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to him. Judah had five sons in all.Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul.Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara— five in all.Carmi’s son: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.Ethan’s son: Azariah.Hezron’s sons, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, a leader of Judah’s descendants.Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.Jesse fathered Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,Ozem sixth, and David seventh.Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.Amasa’s mother was Abigail, and his father was Jether the Ishmaelite.Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were Azubah’s sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, and she bore Hur to him.Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.After this, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. Hezron had married her when he was 60 years old, and she bore Segub to him.Segub fathered Jair, who possessed 23 towns in the land of Gilead.But Geshur and Aram captured Jair’s Villages along with Kenath and its villages— 60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir father of Gilead.After Hezron’s death in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore Ashhur to him. He was the father of Tekoa.The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.Onam’s sons: Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons: Nadab and Abishur.Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore Ahban and Molid to him.Nadab’s sons: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.Appaim’s son: Ishi. Ishi’s son: Sheshan. Sheshan’s descendant: Ahlai.The sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.Jonathan’s sons: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but he did have an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore Attai to him.Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Elasah.Elasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.The sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha, his firstborn, fathered Ziph, and Mareshah, his second son, fathered Hebron.Hebron’s sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.Shema fathered Raham, who fathered Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai.Shammai’s son was Maon, and Maon fathered Beth-zur.Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran fathered Gazez.Jahdai’s sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.She was also the mother of Shaaph, Madmannah’s father, and of Sheva, the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.These were Caleb’s descendants. The sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn: Shobal fathered Kiriath-jearim;Salma fathered Bethlehem, and Hareph fathered Beth-gader.These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,and the families of Kiriath-jearim— the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these.Salma’s sons: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,and the families of scribes who lived in Jabez— the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of Rechab’s family.
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Exodus 1:1-5
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.The total number of Jacob’s descendants was 70; Joseph was already in Egypt.
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Numbers 26:4-11
“ Take a census of those 20 years old or more, as the Lord had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.”Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. Reuben’s descendants: the Hanochite clan from Hanoch; the Palluite clan from Pallu;the Hezronite clan from Hezron; the Carmite clan from Carmi.These were the Reubenite clans, and their registered men numbered 43,730.The son of Pallu was Eliab.The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram.( It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the Lord.The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.The sons of Korah, however, did not die.)
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Genesis 29:1-30
Jacob resumed his journey and went to the eastern country.He looked and saw a well in a field. Three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it because the sheep were watered from this well. A large stone covered the opening of the well.When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the opening of the well and water the sheep. The stone was then placed back on the well’s opening.Jacob asked the men at the well,“ My brothers! Where are you from?”“ We’re from Haran,” they answered.“ Do you know Laban grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked them. They answered,“ We know him.”“ Is he well?” Jacob asked.“ Yes,” they said,“ and here is his daughter Rachel, coming with his sheep.”Then Jacob said,“ Look, it is still broad daylight. It’s not time for the animals to be gathered. Water the flock, then go out and let them graze.”But they replied,“ We can’t until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we will water the sheep.”While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.As soon as Jacob saw his uncle Laban’s daughter Rachel with his sheep, he went up and rolled the stone from the opening and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep.Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept loudly.He told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.Laban said to him,“ Yes, you are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,Laban said to him,“ Just because you’re my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.Leah had ordinary eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban,“ I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”Laban replied,“ Better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay with me.”So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.Then Jacob said to Laban,“ Give me my wife, for my time is completed. I want to sleep with her.”So Laban invited all the men of the place to a feast.That evening, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban,“ What is this you have done to me? Wasn’t it for Rachel that I worked for you? Why have you deceived me?”Laban answered,“ It is not the custom in this place to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”And Jacob did just that. He finished the week of celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.And Laban gave his slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
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Numbers 1:5
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;
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Numbers 2:10-13
Reuben’s military divisions will camp on the south side under their banner. The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur.His military division numbers 46,500.The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.His military division numbers 59,300.
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Genesis 49:1-33
Then Jacob called his sons and said,“ Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.Come together and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel:Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my virility, excelling in prominence, excelling in power.Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel, because you got into your father’s bed and you defiled it— he got into my bed.Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.Their anger is cursed, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is cruel! I will disperse them throughout Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the kill. He crouches; he lies down like a lion or a lioness— who dares to rouse him?The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until He whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to Him.He ties his donkey to a vine, and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon.Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags.He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load and became a forced laborer.Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.He will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horses’ heels so that its rider falls backward.I wait for Your salvation, Lord.Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.Asher’s food will be rich, and he will produce royal delicacies.Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the eternal hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the prince of his brothers.Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey. In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder.”These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.Then he commanded them:“ I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there, and I buried Leah there.The field and the cave in it were purchased from the Hittites.”When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and died. He was gathered to his people.
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Numbers 1:20-21
The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
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1 Chronicles 8 1-1 Chronicles 8 40
Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.Bela’s sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.These were Ehud’s sons, who were the heads of the families living in Geba and who were deported to Manahath:Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera deported them and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.Elpaal’s sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its villages,Beriah and Shema, who were the heads of families of Aijalon’s residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were Beriah’s sons.Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were Elpaal’s sons.Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were Shimei’s sons.Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak’s sons.Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were Jeroham’s sons.These were heads of families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem, with their other relatives.Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza.Moza fathered Binea. His son was Raphah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were Azel’s sons.His brother Eshek’s sons: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.Ulam’s sons were warriors and archers. They had many sons and grandsons— 150 of them. All these were among Benjamin’s sons.
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Deuteronomy 33:6
Let Reuben live and not die though his people become few.
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Genesis 29:32
Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said,“ The Lord has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”
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Genesis 35:22-23
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons:Leah’s sons were Reuben( Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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Exodus 6:14-18
These are the heads of their fathers’ families: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the clans of Simeon.These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogy: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
