Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben,—And Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Zebulon:
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24The sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin:
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Genesis 29:32So Leah conceived, and bare a son, and called his name Reuben,—for she said, Because, Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me.
Genesis 33:2and put the handmaids and their children first,—and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;
Genesis 49:3Reuben, my first-born, thou, My vigour, and the first-fruit of my strength,—Pre-eminence of elevation and pre-eminence of power:
Numbers 1:5These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you,—Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;
Numbers 2:3And they who encamp eastwards towards sunrise, shall be the standard of the camp of Judah by their hosts,—even the prince of the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Amminadab;
Numbers 10:14So the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward first, by their hosts, and over his own host, was Nahshon, 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 →