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    reuben


    1. 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright


    2. above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's, 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel


    3. 14 And Reuben was jealous for his mother Leah on account of this, and he was filled with anger, and he rose up in his anger and went and entered the tent of Bilhah and he then removed his father's bed


    4. 15 At that time the portion of birthright, together with the kingly and priestly offices, was removed from the sons of Reuben, for he had profaned his father's bed, and the birthright was given to Joseph, the kingly office to Judah, and the priesthood to Levi, because Reuben had defiled his father's bed


    5. 31 And Gad and Asher went up after him to the west corner of the city, and Simeon and Levi to the north, and Dan and Reuben to the south


    6. 26 And Reuben heard the words of his brothers concerning Joseph, and he said to them, You should not do this thing, for how can we look up to our father Jacob? Throw him into this pit to die there, but stretch not out a hand on him to spill his blood; and Reuben said this in order to deliver him from their hand, to bring him back to his father


    7. 19 And the sons of Jacob listened to the Midianites and they sold their brother Joseph to them for twenty pieces of silver, and Reuben their brother was not with them, and the Midianites took Joseph and continued their journey to Gilead


    8. 2 And Reuben returned to the pit in which Joseph had been put, in order to lift him out, and restore him to his father, and Reuben stood by the pit, and he heard not a word, and he called out Joseph! Joseph! and no one answered or uttered a word


    9. 3 And Reuben said, Joseph has died through fright, or some serpent has caused his death; and Reuben descended into the pit, and he searched for Joseph and could not find him in the pit, and he came out again


    10. 4 And Reuben tore his garments and he said, The child is not there, and how shall I reconcile my father about him if he be deade and he went to his brothers and found them grieving on account of Joseph, and counseling together how to reconcile their father about him, and Reuben said to his brothers, I came to the pit and note Joseph was not there, what then shall we say to our father, for my father will only seek the lad from me

    11. 6 And Reuben said to them, What is this you have done to bring down the grey hairs of our father in sorrow to the grave? the thing is not good, that you have done


    12. 7 And Reuben sat with them, and they all rose up and swore to each other not to tell this thing to Jacob, and they all said, The man who will tell this to our father or his household, or who will report this to any of the children of the land, we will all rise up against him and kill him with the sword


    13. 1 And it was at that time in that year, which is the year of Joseph's going down to Egypt after his brothers had sold him, that Reuben the son of Jacob went to Timnah and took to him for a wife Eliuram, the daughter of Avi the Canaanite, and he came to her


    14. 2 And Eliuram the wife of Reuben conceived and bore him Hanoch, Palu, Chetzron and Carmi, four sons; and Simeon his brother took his sister Dinah for a wife, and she bore to him Memuel, Yamin, Ohad, Jachin and Zochar, five sons


    15. 52 And Reuben said to them, Said I not to you, do not sin against the lad, and you would not listen to me? now God requires him from us, and how dare you say, Where is the Lord's kindness with our fathers, while you have sinned to the Lord?


    16. 7 The sons of Reuben were Chanoch, Pallu, Chetzron and Carmi


    17. 1 In that year, being the seventy ninth year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, died Reuben the son of Jacob, in the land of Egypt; Reuben was a hundred and twenty five years old when he died, and they put him into a coffin, and he was given into the hands of his children


    18. 27 The first division was of the children of Reuben, Simeon, and Issachar, and they resolved to throw themselves into the sea, for they were exceedingly afraid of the Egyptians


    19. 40 And they buried Reuben and Gad on this side Jordan, in Romia, which Moses had given to their children


    20. 32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord has looked on my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me

    21. 14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah


    22. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it


    23. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him


    24. 22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand on him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again


    25. 29 And Reuben returned to the pit; and, note, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes


    26. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, note, also his blood is required


    27. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn


    28. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi


    29. 14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben


    30. 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur

    31. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go out to war;


    32. 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred


    33. 10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur


    34. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies


    35. 30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:


    36. 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur


    37. 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom comes the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:


    38. 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, note, the place was a place for cattle;


    39. 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,


    40. 6 And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here?

    41. 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, your servants will do as my lord commandeth


    42. 29 And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:


    43. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do


    44. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,


    45. 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:


    46. 6 And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel;


    47. 13 And these shall stand on mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali


    48. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them,


    49. 15 And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families


    50. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border of it














































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    "reuben" definitions

    (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel


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