1 Chronicles 5:1

World English Bible (2000)

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

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  • Gen 29:32 : 32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
  • Gen 48:15-22 : 15 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." 17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. 18 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head." 19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations." 20 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."
  • Gen 49:3-4 : 3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power. 4 Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
  • 1 Chr 2:1 : 1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
  • 1 Chr 26:10 : 10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
  • Gen 46:8 : 8 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 Yahweh said to her, "Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger."
  • Exod 6:14 : 14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
  • Lev 18:8 : 8 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 "'The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
  • Num 1:5 : 5 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
  • Num 16:1 : 1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]:
  • Num 26:5 : 5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
  • Deut 21:17 : 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
  • Deut 27:20 : 20 'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Josh 14:6 : 6 Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.
  • 1 Sam 16:6-9 : 6 It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, "Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him." 7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart." 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, "Neither has Yahweh chosen this one." 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, "Neither has Yahweh chosen this one." 10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, "Yahweh has not chosen these." 11 Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your children here?" He said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here."

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  • 1 Chr 5:2-3
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    2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

    3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

  • Gen 49:3-4
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    3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

    4 Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

  • Gen 46:8-9
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    79%

    8 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

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

  • Exod 6:14
    78%

    14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

  • Num 26:5
    77%

    5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

  • Gen 35:22-24
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    22 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

    23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

    24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

  • Num 1:20-21
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    75%

    20 The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

    21 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

  • Exod 1:1-3
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    1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):

    2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

  • 1 Chr 2:1-2
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    1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

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

  • Deut 21:16-17
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    16 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn:

    17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

  • Gen 48:17-19
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    72%

    17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

    18 Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."

    19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."

  • Josh 13:15
    72%

    15 Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

  • Matt 1:2
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    2 Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.

  • Deut 25:6
    71%

    6 It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 8:1
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    1 Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

  • Num 26:7
    70%

    7 These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

  • 1 Chr 5:7
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    7 His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

  • Gen 48:5
    69%

    5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

  • 1 Chr 1:34-35
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    69%

    34 Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

    35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

  • Gen 37:21-22
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    21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life."

    22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"--that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

  • Gen 29:26
    68%

    26 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.