1 Chronicles 5:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The sonnes of Ruben, the eldest sonne of Israel (forasmuch as he was the eldest, & had defiled his fathers bedde, his birthright was geuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel: Howbeit the genealogie is not reckened after this birthright.

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  • Gen 29:32 : 32 And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne, and she called his name Ruben: for she sayde, the Lord hath loked vpon my tribulation: nowe therfore my husband wyll loue me.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And as Israel dwelt in that land, Ruben went and lay with Bilha his fathers concubine: And it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were twelue in number.
  • Gen 48:15-22 : 15 And he blessed Ioseph, and sayde: God in whose syght my fathers Abraham & Isahac dyd walke, God which hath fedde me al my lyfe long vnto this day, 16 And the angell which hath deliuered me from al euyl, blesse these laddes, and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham & Isahac, & that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth. 17 When Ioseph sawe that his father layed his ryght hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased hym: and he lift vp his fathers hande, to haue remoued it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head. 18 And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so my father, for this is the first borne: put thy right hande vpon his head. 19 And his father would not, but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well, he shalbe also a people, and shalbe great: But his younger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall become a great people. 20 And he blessed them that day, & saide: In thee let Israel blesse & saye, God make thee as Ephraim, & as Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses. 21 And Israel said vnto Ioseph: behold I dye, & God shalbe with you, & bryng you againe vnto ye land of your fathers. 22 Moreouer, I haue geuen vnto thee a portion of lande aboue thy brethren, which I gat out of the hand of the Amorite in my sworde, and in my bowe.
  • Gen 49:3-4 : 3 Ruben my first borne, thou art my myght, & the beginning of my strength, the noblenesse of dignitie, and the noblenesse of power. 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not be the chiefest, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bedde: for then defiledst thou my couche with goyng vp.
  • 1 Chr 2:1 : 1 These are the sonnes of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, and Zabulon.
  • 1 Chr 26:10 : 10 The sonnes of Hosa of the children of Merari, Simri the chiefe, & though he was not the eldest, yet his father set him in the chiefest place:
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 There goeth a common saying that there is fornication among you, & suche fornication as is not named among the gentiles: that one shoulde haue his fathers wyfe.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first borne of all creatures.
  • Gen 46:8 : 8 These are the names of the chyldren of Israel which came into Egypt, both Iacob and his sonnes. Ruben Iacobs first borne.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 And the Lorde sayde vnto her: there are two maner of people in thy wombe, and two nations shalbe deuided out of thy bowelles, and the one nation shalbe mightier then the other, and the elder shalbe seruaunt vnto the younger.
  • Exod 6:14 : 14
  • Lev 18:8 : 8 The nakednesse of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer: for it is thy fathers nakednesse.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man that lyeth with his fathers wyfe, and vncouereth his fathers nakednes, let them both die, their blood be vpon them.
  • Num 1:5 : 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Ruben, Elizur, the sonne of Sedeur.
  • Num 16:1 : 1 And Corah the sonne of Isaar, the sonne of Caath, the sonne of Leui, went a part with Dathan and Abiram, the sonnes of Eliab, & On the sonne of Peleth, the sonne of Ruben:
  • Num 26:5 : 5 Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel. The chyldren of Ruben: Hanoch, of whom commeth the kinred of the Hanochites: and Pallu, of whom commeth the kinred of the Palluites.
  • Deut 21:17 : 17 But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.
  • Deut 27:20 : 20 Cursed be he that lyeth with his fathers wyfe, and vnhealeth his fathers couering: and all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Josh 14:6 : 6 And the children of Iuda came vnto Iosuah in Gilgal: And Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Kenesite sayde vnto him: Thou wottest what ye Lorde sayd vnto Moyses the man of God about me and thee in Cades Barnea.
  • 1 Sam 16:6-9 : 6 And when they were come, he loked on Eliab, & saide: Surelye the Lordes annoynted is before him. 7 But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: Loke not on his fashion, or on ye height of his stature, because I haue refused him: For God seeth not as man seeth. For man loketh on the outward appearaunce, but the Lorde beholdeth the heart. 8 Then Isai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel, and he sayd: Neither hath the Lorde chosen this. 9 Then Isai made Samma come, and he sayd: Neither yet hath the Lorde chosen him. 10 Againe Isai made seuen of his sonnes to come before Samuel, and Samuel sayd vnto Isai: The Lorde hath chosen none of these. 11 And Samuel sayde vnto Isai: Are heare all thy children? He sayde: There is, yet a litle one behind, that kepeth the sheepe. And Samuel said vnto Isai, Sende and fet him: for we will not syt downe, till he be come hyther.

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  • 1 Chr 5:2-3
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    2For Iuda preuayled aboue his brethren, & of his tribe came the chiefe, and the birthright was geuen to Ioseph.)

    3The sonnes then of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel, were: Henoch, Phalu, Hezron, and Charmi.

  • Gen 49:3-4
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    3Ruben my first borne, thou art my myght, & the beginning of my strength, the noblenesse of dignitie, and the noblenesse of power.

    4Unstable as water, thou shalt not be the chiefest, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bedde: for then defiledst thou my couche with goyng vp.

  • Gen 46:8-9
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    8These are the names of the chyldren of Israel which came into Egypt, both Iacob and his sonnes. Ruben Iacobs first borne.

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  • Exod 6:14
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  • Num 26:5
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    5Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel. The chyldren of Ruben: Hanoch, of whom commeth the kinred of the Hanochites: and Pallu, of whom commeth the kinred of the Palluites.

  • Gen 35:22-24
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    22And as Israel dwelt in that land, Ruben went and lay with Bilha his fathers concubine: And it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were twelue in number.

    23The sonnes of Lea: Ruben Iacobs first borne sonne, and Simeon, & Leui, and Iuda, and Isachar, and Zabulon.

    24The sonnes of Rachel: Ioseph and Beniamin.

  • Num 1:20-21
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    20So were the chyldren of Ruben, Israels eldest sonne, throughout their generations, and their kinredes, and houses of their fathers, accordyng to the number of their names, head by head, all males from twentie yeres old & aboue, as many as did go foorth to the warre:

    21The number of them that were of the tribe of Ruben, was fourtie & sixe thousande, and fiue hundred.

  • Exod 1:1-3
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    1These are the names of the children of Israel, whiche came into Egypt with Iacob, euery ma came with his housholde:

    2Ruben, Simeon, Leui, and Iuda:

    3Isachar, Zabulon, and Beniamin,

  • 1 Chr 2:1-2
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    1These are the sonnes of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, and Zabulon.

    2Dan, Ioseph, Beniamin, Nephthali, Gad, and Aser.

  • Deut 21:16-17
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    16Then when the tyme commeth that he dealeth his goodes among his children, he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne, before the sonne of the hated, which is in deede the first borne:

    17But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.

  • Gen 48:17-19
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    17When Ioseph sawe that his father layed his ryght hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased hym: and he lift vp his fathers hande, to haue remoued it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head.

    18And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so my father, for this is the first borne: put thy right hande vpon his head.

    19And his father would not, but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well, he shalbe also a people, and shalbe great: But his younger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall become a great people.

  • Josh 13:15
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    15Moyses gaue vnto the tribe of the children of Ruben inheritaunce, according to their kinredes:

  • Matt 1:2
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    2Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Iacob, Iacob begat Iudas, and his brethren.

  • Deut 25:6
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    6And the eldest sonne whiche she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother whiche is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 8:1
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    1Beniamin begat Bela his eldest sonne, Asbel the second, and Aharah the thirde,

  • Num 26:7
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    7These are the kinredes of the Rubenites, and they were in number fourtie and three thousand, seuen hundred and thirtie.

  • 1 Chr 5:7
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    7And when his brethren in their kinredes reckened the genealogie of their generations, Ieiel and Zachariah were the chiefe,

  • Gen 48:5
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    5And nowe thy two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim, whiche were borne vnto thee in the land of Egypt before I came vnto thee into Egypt, are myne, euen as Ruben and Simeon are mine.

  • 1 Chr 1:34-35
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    34And so Abraham begat Isahac. The sonnes of Isahac: Esau and Israel.

    35The sonnes of Esau: Eliphaz, Rehuel, Iehus, Iaelam, and Korah.

  • Gen 37:21-22
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    21When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym.

    22And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne.

  • Gen 29:26
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    26Laban aunswered: It is not the maner of this place, to marry ye younger before the first borne.