Genesis 35:22
and it comes to pass in Israel’s dwelling in that land, that Reuben goes, and lies with his father’s concubine Bilhah; and Israel hears.
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21And Israel journeys, and stretches out his tent beyond the Tower of Edar;
Cross References
Genesis 29:31And YHWH sees that Leah [is] the hated one, and He opens her womb, and Rachel [is] barren;
Genesis 35:18And it comes to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calls his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
Genesis 46:25These [are] sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; and she bears these to Jacob—all the persons [are] seven.
Genesis 49:3Reuben! You [are] my firstborn, || My power, and beginning of my strength, || The abundance of exaltation, || And the abundance of strength;
Exodus 1:1And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt; each man and his household have come with Jacob:
Exodus 2:1And there goes a man of the house of Levi, and he takes the daughter of Levi,
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 →