Verse 1
And the sons{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} the first-born{H1060} of Israel{H3478} (for he was the first-born;{H1060} but, forasmuch as he defiled{H2490} his father's{H1} couch,{H3326} his birthright{H1062} was given{H5414} unto the sons{H1121} of Joseph{H3130} the son{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and the genealogy is not to be reckoned{H3187} after the birthright.{H1062}
Referenced Verses
- Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah{H3812} conceived,{H2029} and bare{H3205} a son,{H1121} and she called{H7121} his name{H8034} Reuben:{H7205} for{H3588} she said,{H559} Because{H3588} Jehovah{H3068} hath looked{H7200} upon my affliction;{H6040} for now{H3588} my husband{H376} will love{H157} me.
- Gen 35:22 : 22 And it came to pass, while Israel{H3478} dwelt{H7931} in that land,{H776} that Reuben{H7205} went{H3212} and lay{H7901} with Bilhah{H1090} his father's{H1} concubine:{H6370} and Israel{H3478} heard{H8085} of it. Now the sons{H1121} of Jacob{H3290} were twelve:{H8147}
- Gen 48:15-22 : 15 And he blessed{H1288} Joseph,{H3130} and said,{H559} The God{H430} before{H6440} whom my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac{H3327} did walk,{H1980} the God{H430} who hath fed{H7462} me all my life long{H5750} unto this day,{H3117} 16 the angel{H4397} who hath redeemed{H1350} me from all evil,{H7451} bless{H1288} the lads;{H5288} and let my name{H8034} be named{H8034} on them, and the name{H8034} of my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac;{H3327} and let them grow{H1711} into a multitude{H7230} in the midst{H7130} of the earth.{H776} 17 And when Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200} that his father{H1} laid{H7896} his right{H3225} hand{H3027} upon the head{H7218} of Ephraim,{H669} it displeased{H3415} him: and he held up{H8551} his father's{H1} hand,{H3027} to remove{H5493} it from Ephraim's{H669} head{H7218} unto Manasseh's{H4519} head.{H7218} 18 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto his father,{H1} Not so, my father;{H1} for this is the first-born;{H1060} put{H7760} thy right hand{H3225} upon his head.{H7218} 19 And his father{H1} refused,{H3985} and said,{H559} I know{H3045} [it], my son,{H1121} I know{H3045} [it]; he also shall become a people,{H5971} and he also shall be great:{H1431} howbeit{H199} his younger{H6996} brother{H251} shall be greater{H1431} than he, and his seed{H2233} shall become a multitude{H4393} of nations.{H1471} 20 And he blessed{H1288} them that day,{H3117} saying,{H559} In thee will Israel{H3478} bless,{H1288} saying,{H559} God{H430} make{H7760} thee as Ephraim{H669} and as Manasseh:{H4519} and he set{H7760} Ephraim{H669} before{H6440} Manasseh.{H4519} 21 And Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} Behold, I die:{H4191} but God{H430} will be with you, and bring you again{H7725} unto the land{H776} of your fathers.{H1} 22 Moreover I have given{H5414} to thee one{H259} portion{H7926} above thy brethren,{H251} which I took{H3947} out of the hand{H3027} of the Amorite{H567} with my sword{H2719} and with my bow.{H7198}
- Gen 49:3-4 : 3 Reuben,{H7205} thou art my first-born,{H1060} my might,{H3581} and the beginning{H7225} of my strength;{H202} The pre-eminence{H3499} of dignity,{H7613} and the pre-eminence{H3499} of power.{H5794} 4 Boiling{H6349} over as water,{H4325} thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;{H3498} Because thou wentest up{H5927} to thy father's{H1} bed;{H4904} Then defiledst thou{H2490} it: he went up{H5927} to my couch.{H3326}
- 1 Chr 2:1 : 1 These are the sons{H1121} of Israel:{H3478} Reuben,{H7205} Simeon,{H8095} Levi,{H3878} and Judah,{H3063} Issachar,{H3485} and Zebulun,{H2074}
- 1 Chr 26:10 : 10 Also Hosah,{H2621} of the children{H1121} of Merari,{H4847} had sons:{H1121} Shimri{H8113} the chief,{H7218} (for though he was not the first-born,{H1060} yet his father{H1} made{H7760} him chief),{H7218}
- 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually{G3654} reported{G191} that there is{G3748} fornication{G4202} among{G1722} you,{G5213} and{G2532} such{G5108} fornication{G4202} as is{G3748} not even{G3761} among{G1722} the Gentiles,{G1484} that{G5620} one{G5100} [of you] hath{G2192} his{G3588} father's{G3962} wife.{G1135}
- Col 1:15 : 15 who{G3739} is{G2076} the image{G1504} of the invisible{G517} God,{G2316} the firstborn{G4416} of all{G3956} creation;{G2937}
- Gen 46:8 : 8 And these are the names{H8034} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} who came{H935} into Egypt,{H4714} Jacob{H3290} and his sons:{H1121} Reuben,{H7205} Jacob's{H3290} first-born.{H1060}
- Gen 25:23 : 23 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto her, Two{H8147} nations{H1471} are in thy womb,{H990} And two{H8147} peoples{H3816} shall be separated{H6504} from thy bowels:{H4578} And the one people{H3816} shall be stronger{H553} than the other people;{H3816} And the elder{H7227} shall serve{H5647} the younger.{H6810}
- Exod 6:14 : 14 These are the heads{H7218} of their fathers'{H1} houses.{H1004} The sons{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} the first-born{H1060} of Israel:{H3478} Hanoch,{H2585} and Pallu,{H6396} Hezron,{H2696} and Carmi;{H3756} these are the families{H4940} of Reuben.{H7205}
- Lev 18:8 : 8 The nakedness{H6172} of thy father's{H1} wife{H802} shalt thou not uncover:{H1540} it is thy father's{H1} nakedness.{H6172}
- Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man{H376} that lieth{H7901} with his father's{H1} wife{H802} hath uncovered{H1540} his father's{H1} nakedness:{H6172} both{H8147} of them shall surely{H4191} be put to death;{H4191} their blood{H1818} shall be upon them.
- Num 1:5 : 5 And these are the names{H8034} of the men{H582} that shall stand{H5975} with you. Of Reuben:{H7205} Elizur{H468} the son{H1121} of Shedeur.{H7707}
- Num 16:1 : 1 Now Korah,{H7141} the son{H1121} of Izhar,{H3324} the son{H1121} of Kohath,{H6955} the son{H1121} of Levi,{H3878} with Dathan{H1885} and Abiram,{H48} the sons{H1121} of Eliab,{H446} and On,{H203} the son{H1121} of Peleth,{H6431} sons{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} took{H3947} [men]:
- Num 26:5 : 5 Reuben,{H7205} the first-born{H1060} of Israel;{H3478} the sons{H1121} of Reuben:{H7205} [of] Hanoch,{H2585} the family{H4940} of the Hanochites;{H2599} of Pallu,{H6396} the family{H4940} of the Palluites;{H6384}
- Deut 21:17 : 17 but he shall acknowledge{H5234} the first-born,{H1060} the son{H1121} of the hated,{H8130} by giving{H5414} him a double{H8147} portion{H6310} of all that he hath;{H4672} for he is the beginning{H7225} of his strength;{H202} the right{H4941} of the first-born{H1062} is his.
- Deut 27:20 : 20 Cursed{H779} be he that lieth{H7901} with his father's{H1} wife,{H802} because he hath uncovered{H1540} his father's{H1} skirt.{H3671} And all the people{H5971} shall say,{H559} Amen.{H543}
- Josh 14:6 : 6 Then the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} drew{H5066} nigh unto Joshua{H3091} in Gilgal:{H1537} and Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh{H3312} the Kenizzite{H7074} said{H559} unto him, Thou knowest{H3045} the thing{H1697} that Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses{H4872} the man{H376} of God{H430} concerning me{H182} and concerning thee{H182} in Kadesh-barnea.{H6947}
- 1 Sam 16:6-9 : 6 And it came to pass, when they were come,{H935} that he looked{H7200} on Eliab,{H446} and said,{H559} Surely Jehovah's{H3068} anointed{H4899} is before him. 7 But Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Samuel,{H8050} Look{H5027} not on his countenance,{H4758} or on the height{H1364} of his stature;{H6967} because I have rejected{H3988} him: for [Jehovah seeth] not as man{H120} seeth;{H7200} for man{H120} looketh{H7200} on the outward appearance,{H5869} but Jehovah{H3068} looketh{H7200} on the heart.{H3824} 8 Then Jesse{H3448} called{H7121} Abinadab,{H41} and made him pass{H5674} before{H6440} Samuel.{H8050} And he said,{H559} Neither hath Jehovah{H3068} chosen{H977} this. 9 Then Jesse{H3448} made Shammah{H8048} to pass by.{H5674} And he said,{H559} Neither hath Jehovah{H3068} chosen{H977} this. 10 And Jesse{H3448} made seven{H7651} of his sons{H1121} to pass{H5674} before{H6440} Samuel.{H8050} And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto Jesse,{H3448} Jehovah{H3068} hath not chosen{H977} these. 11 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto Jesse,{H3448} Are here all{H8552} thy children?{H5288} And he said,{H559} There remaineth{H7604} yet the youngest,{H6996} and, behold, he is keeping{H7462} the sheep.{H6629} And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto Jesse,{H3448} Send{H7971} and fetch{H3947} him; for we will not sit down{H5437} till he come{H935} hither.{H6311}