Genesis 35:22

And while he dwelled in that country, Reuben went, and slept with Bilhah, the secondary wife of his father, which thing was not hid from him (or which was told to Jacob). Forsooth the sons of Jacob were twelve;

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

21Jacob went from thence, and setted a tabernacle over the tower of the flock. (And then Jacob went from there, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder or beyond Migdaleder.)

23the sons of Leah were, the first begotten Reuben, (or Leah’s sons were Reuben, the first-born), and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

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Cross References

Genesis 29:31Forsooth the Lord saw that Jacob despised Leah, that is, (that he) loved her less than Rachel, and (so) he opened Leah’s womb, while her sister dwelled barren.

Genesis 35:18Forsooth while the soul passed from her for sorrow, and death nighed then, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my sorrow; forsooth his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right side. (But as her soul passed away from her, and death neared, she named her son Benoni, that is, The son of my sorrow; but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of my right hand.)

Genesis 46:25These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter (or whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel). And Jacob begat these (through Bilhah); all the souls were seven.

Genesis 49:3Reuben, my first begotten son, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; thou oughtest to be the former in gifts, the more in lordship, (or thou ought to be the first in gifts, and the greatest in power, or in authority);

Exodus 1:1These be the names of the sons of Israel, that entered into Egypt with Jacob; all entered with their house (hold)s;

Exodus 2:1After these things a man of the house of Levi went out, and took a wife of his kin into fleshly coupling + 2:1 ‘into fleshly coupling’; for she was his wife before, and had (already) childed (to him) Aaron, and Marie (or Miriam), his sister., (And after these things, a man of the house of Levi went out, and knew his wife, who was of his own kin, or of his own tribe,)

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 →

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