1 Chronicles 2:1
These are the Bnei Yisroel: Reuven, Shim'on, Levi, and Yehudah, Yissakhar, and Zevulun,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
In Context
2Dan, Yosef, and Binyamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived, and bore a ben, and she called shmo Reuven: for she said, Surely Hashem hath looked upon my misery; now therefore my ish will love me.
Genesis 32:28And he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov.
Genesis 35:22And it came to pass, when Yisroel dwelt in that land, that Reuven went and lay with Bilhah pilegesh aviv and Yisroel heard it. Now the Bnei Ya'akov were Sheneym Asar (Twelve);
Genesis 49:2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye Bnei Ya'akov; 1 and pay heed unto Yisroel Avichem. 1
Exodus 1:2Reuven, Shim'on, Levi, and Yehudah,
Numbers 13:4And these were their shmot: of the tribe of Reuven, Shammua ben Zakur.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 2:1
We have now come to what was principally intended, the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, that were to "dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations." Here we have, I. The names of the twelve sons of Israel, ver. 1, 2 . II. An account of the tribe of Judah, which has the precedency, not so much for the sake of David as for the sake of the Son of David, our Lord, who sprang out of Judah, Heb. vii. 14 . 1. The first descendants from Judah, down to Jesse, ver. 3-12 . 2. The children… Read the whole commentary →