Gen 29:32, 49:3-4, Jos 14:4, 16:1, 17:17, 1Ch 5:1-2 | ESV | STEP | And Leah conceived and bore a son , and she called his name Reuben , for she said , Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction ; for now my husband will love me.

Genesis 29:32

32 And 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 49:3-4

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

Joshua 14:4

4 For ^fthe people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.

Joshua 16:1

The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

1 The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, ^ginto the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel.

Joshua 17:17

17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are a numerous people and have great power. You shall not have one allotment only,

1 Chronicles 5:1-2

Descendants of Reuben

1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ( ^hfor he was the firstborn, but because ⁱhe defiled his father’s couch, ^jhis birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son; 2 ^kthough Judah became strong among his brothers and a ^lchief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),