Numbers 26:5

Reuben, the first begotten of Israel, (or Reuben, Israel’s first-born); the son of him was Hanoch, of whom came the family of Hanochites; and Pallu, of whom came the family of Palluites;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

In Context

4to them that were of twenty years and above (or to those who were twenty years of age and older), as the Lord commanded; of which this is the number.

6and Hezron, of whom came the family of Hezronites; and Carmi, of whom came the family of Carmites.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And 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;

Genesis 46:8Forsooth these be the names of the sons of Israel, that entered into Egypt; Jacob with his free children. The first begotten is Reuben; (And these be the names of the children of Israel who went to Egypt; that is, the names of Jacob and his sons. The first-born was Reuben;)

Exodus 6:14These be the princes of the houses by their families. The sons of Reuben, the first begotten of Israel (or Israel’s first-born); Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these be the kindreds of Reuben.

1 Chronicles 5:1Also the sons of Reuben, the first begotten son of Israel; for he was the first begotten son of Israel, but when he had defouled the bed of his father, the dignity of his first begetting was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; and Reuben was not areckoned into the first begotten son (or and so Reuben was not reckoned as the first-born son).

Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:2-5

The Numbering of the People. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the… Read the whole commentary →

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