Genesis 35:23
Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
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24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
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Genesis 29:32And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
Genesis 33:2He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
Genesis 49:3Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:
Numbers 1:5These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
Numbers 2:3Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
Numbers 10:14First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:22-29
The Disgrace of Reuben. ( b. c. 1716.) 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 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. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of… Read the whole commentary →