Genesis 35:23

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The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

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  • Gen 29:32-35 : 32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.” 33 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon. 34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi. 35 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“This time I will praise the LORD.”That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
  • Gen 30:18-20 : 18 Then Leah said,“God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar. 19 Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time. 20 Then Leah said,“God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
  • Gen 46:8-9 : 8 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt– Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob. 9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul(the son of a Canaanite woman). 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.
  • Exod 1:2-4 : 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.

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  • 1 Chr 2:1-2
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    1Israel’s Descendants These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

    2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

  • Exod 1:2-4
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    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

    4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

  • Gen 35:24-26
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    24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

    25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.

    26The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher.These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

  • Gen 35:22
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    22While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went to bed with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.Jacob had twelve sons:

  • Gen 46:8-11
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    8These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt– Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

    9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

    10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul(the son of a Canaanite woman).

    11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Gen 46:14-15
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    14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

    15These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.

  • Gen 30:19-20
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    19Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

    20Then Leah said,“God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.

  • 1 Chr 5:3
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    3The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

  • 1 Chr 5:1
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    1Reuben’s Descendants The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn–(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.

  • Deut 27:12
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    12“The following tribes must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

  • Gen 46:18-19
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    18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.

    19The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Gen 30:10
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    10Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.

  • Gen 29:34
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    34She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.

  • Exod 6:14-15
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    14The Ancestry of the Deliverer These are the heads of their fathers’ households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

    15The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

  • Gen 30:12
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    12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

  • Num 26:5
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    5Reuben Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

  • 1 Chr 1:35
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    35Esau’s Descendants The sons of Esau:Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

  • Matt 1:2
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    2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

  • Gen 30:17
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    17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

  • Gen 29:32
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    32So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”