Genesis 35:23
And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
24Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, 'Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'
Genesis 33:2and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Genesis 49:3Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
Numbers 1:5'And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: 'For Reuben — Elizur son of Shedeur.
Numbers 2:3And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, [are of] the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah [is] Nahshon, son of Amminadab;
Numbers 10:14And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first [place], by their hosts, and over its host [is] 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 →