Genesis 29:32

32And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben,
 Reuben means See, a son
for she said, “Because the Lord bhas looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 35:22-23

22While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and clay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23The sons of Leah: dReuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 49:3-4

3 Reuben, you are emy firstborn,
my might, and the ffirstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you gwent up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

Exodus 6:14

The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

14These are the heads of their fathershouses: the hsons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.

Numbers 1:5

5And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, iElizur the son of Shedeur;

Numbers 1:20-21

20The people of jReuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathershouses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 21those listed of the tribe of Reuben were k46,500.

Numbers 2:10-13

10“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur, 11his company as listed being 46,500. 12And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13his company as listed being 59,300.

Numbers 26:5-11

5 lReuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were m43,730. 8And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. 9The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, nchosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord 10and othe earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and pthey became a warning. 11But qthe sons of Korah did not die.

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