Gen 35:22, 37:21-22, 29, 42:22, 27, 46:8-9, 49:3-4, 1Ch 5:1 | ESV | STEP | While Israel lived in that land , Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine . And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve .

Genesis 35:22

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

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 37:21-22

21 But when ^bReuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” 22 And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”— ^cthat he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

Genesis 37:29

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he ^dtore his clothes

Genesis 42:22

22 And Reuben answered them, ^e“Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now ^fthere comes a reckoning for his blood.”

Genesis 42:27

27 And as ^gone of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at ^hthe lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 46:8-9

8 ⁱNow ^jthese are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. ^kReuben, Jacob’s firstborn, 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Genesis 49:3-4

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

1 Chronicles 5:1

Descendants of Reuben

1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ( ^ofor he was the firstborn, but because ^phe defiled his father’s couch, ^qhis birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;