Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went and lay with his father’s concubine Bilhah and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
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21Then Israel journeyed, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-Eder.
Cross References
Genesis 29:31When the Lord saw that Leah was spurned, he gave her the gift of motherhood; Rachel, however, was barren.
Genesis 35:18And, as her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 46:25These seven are the sons of Bilhah, the slave-girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She bore seven children to Jacob.
Genesis 49:3Reuben you are my firstborn, my strength and the first-fruit of my manhood. First in dignity and strength.
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 →