Verse 1

Now the sons{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} the firstborn{H1060} of Israel{H3478},(for he was the firstborn{H1060}; but, forasmuch as he defiled{H2490}{(H8763)} his father's{H1} bed{H3326}, his birthright{H1062} was given{H5414}{(H8738)} unto the sons{H1121} of Joseph{H3130} the son{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned{H3187}{(H8692)} after the birthright{H1062}.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah{H3812} conceived{H2029}{(H8799)}, and bare{H3205}{(H8799)} a son{H1121}, and she called{H7121}{(H8799)} his name{H8034} Reuben{H7205}: for{H3588} she said{H559}{(H8804)}, Surely{H3588} the LORD{H3068} hath looked{H7200}{(H8804)} upon my affliction{H6040}; now therefore{H3588} my husband{H376} will love{H157}{(H8799)} me.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And it came to pass, when Israel{H3478} dwelt{H7931}{(H8800)} in that land{H776}, that Reuben{H7205} went{H3212}{(H8799)} and lay{H7901}{(H8799)} with Bilhah{H1090} his father's{H1} concubine{H6370}: and Israel{H3478} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} it. Now the sons{H1121} of Jacob{H3290} were twelve{H8147}{H6240}:
  • Gen 48:15-22 : 15 And he blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} Joseph{H3130}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, God{H430}, before{H6440} whom my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac{H3327} did walk{H1980}{(H8694)}, the God{H430} which fed{H7462}{(H8802)} me all my life long{H5750} unto this day{H3117}, 16 The Angel{H4397} which redeemed{H1350}{(H8802)} me from all evil{H7451}, bless{H1288}{(H8762)} the lads{H5288}; and let my name{H8034} be named{H7121}{(H8735)} on them, and the name{H8034} of my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac{H3327}; and let them grow{H1711}{(H8799)} into a multitude{H7230} in the midst{H7130} of the earth{H776}. 17 And when Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that his father{H1} laid{H7896}{(H8799)} his right{H3225} hand{H3027} upon the head{H7218} of Ephraim{H669}, it displeased{H3415}{(H8799)}{H5869} him: and he held up{H8551}{(H8799)} his father's{H1} hand{H3027}, to remove{H5493}{(H8687)} it from Ephraim's{H669} head{H7218} unto Manasseh's{H4519} head{H7218}. 18 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his father{H1}, Not so, my father{H1}: for this is the firstborn{H1060}; put{H7760}{(H8798)} thy right hand{H3225} upon his head{H7218}. 19 And his father{H1} refused{H3985}{(H8762)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, I know{H3045}{(H8804)} it, my son{H1121}, I know{H3045}{(H8804)} it: he also shall become a people{H5971}, and he also shall be great{H1431}{(H8799)}: but truly{H199} his younger{H6996} brother{H251} shall be greater{H1431}{(H8799)} than he, and his seed{H2233} shall become a multitude{H4393} of nations{H1471}. 20 And he blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them that day{H3117}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, In thee shall Israel{H3478} bless{H1288}{(H8762)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, God{H430} make{H7760}{(H8799)} thee as Ephraim{H669} and as Manasseh{H4519}: and he set{H7760}{(H8799)} Ephraim{H669} before{H6440} Manasseh{H4519}. 21 And Israel{H3478} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joseph{H3130}, Behold, I die{H4191}{(H8801)}: but God{H430} shall be with you, and bring you again{H7725}{(H8689)} unto the land{H776} of your fathers{H1}. 22 Moreover I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} to thee one{H259} portion{H7926} above thy brethren{H251}, which I took{H3947}{(H8804)} 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 firstborn{H1060}, my might{H3581}, and the beginning{H7225} of my strength{H202}, the excellency{H3499} of dignity{H7613}, and the excellency{H3499} of power{H5794}: 4 Unstable{H6349} as water{H4325}, thou shalt not excel{H3498}{(H8686)}; because thou wentest up{H5927}{(H8804)} to thy father's{H1} bed{H4904}; then defiledst thou{H2490}{(H8765)} it: he went up{H5927}{(H8804)} 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}; Simri{H8113} the chief{H7218},(for though he was not the firstborn{H1060}, yet his father{H1} made{H7760}{(H8799)} him the chief{H7218};)
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is reported{G191}{(G5743)} commonly{G3654} that there is fornication{G4202} among{G1722} you{G5213}, and{G2532} such{G5108} fornication{G4202} as{G3748} is{G3687} not so much{G3761} as named{G3687}{(G5743)} among{G1722} the Gentiles{G1484}, that{G5620} one{G5100} should have{G2192}{(G5721)} his father's{G3962} wife{G1135}.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 Who{G3739} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the image{G1504} of the invisible{G517} God{G2316}, the firstborn{G4416} of every{G3956} creature{G2937}:
  • Gen 46:8 : 8 And these are the names{H8034} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, which came{H935}{(H8802)} into Egypt{H4714}, Jacob{H3290} and his sons{H1121}: Reuben{H7205}, Jacob's{H3290} firstborn{H1060}.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, Two{H8147} nations{H1471} are in thy womb{H990}, and two manner{H8147} of people{H3816} shall be separated{H6504}{(H8735)} from thy bowels{H4578}; and the one people{H3816} shall be stronger{H553}{(H8799)} than the other people{H3816}; and the elder{H7227} shall serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the younger{H6810}.
  • Exod 6:14 : 14 These be the heads{H7218} of their fathers{H1}' houses{H1004}: The sons{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} the firstborn{H1060} of Israel{H3478}; Hanoch{H2585}, and Pallu{H6396}, Hezron{H2696}, and Carmi{H3756}: these be 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}{(H8762)}: it is thy father's{H1} nakedness{H6172}.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man{H376} that lieth{H7901}{(H8799)} with his father's{H1} wife{H802} hath uncovered{H1540}{(H8765)} his father's{H1} nakedness{H6172}: both{H8147} of them shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}; 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}{(H8799)} with you: of the tribe 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}, and 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}{(H8799)} men:
  • Num 26:5 : 5 Reuben{H7205}, the eldest{H1060} son of Israel{H3478}: the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205}; Hanoch{H2585}, of whom cometh 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}{(H8686)} the son{H1121} of the hated{H8130}{(H8803)} for the firstborn{H1060}, by giving{H5414}{(H8800)} him a double{H8147} portion{H6310} of all that he hath{H4672}{(H8735)}: for he is the beginning{H7225} of his strength{H202}; the right{H4941} of the firstborn{H1062} is his.
  • Deut 27:20 : 20 Cursed{H779}{(H8803)} be he that lieth{H7901}{(H8802)} with his father's{H1} wife{H802}; because he uncovereth{H1540}{(H8765)} his father's{H1} skirt{H3671}. And all the people{H5971} shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, Amen{H543}.
  • Josh 14:6 : 6 Then the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} came{H5066}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091} in Gilgal{H1537}: and Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh{H3312} the Kenezite{H7074} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} the thing{H1697} that the LORD{H3068} said{H1696}{(H8765)} unto Moses{H4872} the man{H376} of God{H430} concerning me{H182} and thee{H182} in Kadeshbarnea{H6947}.
  • 1 Sam 16:6-9 : 6 And it came to pass, when they were come{H935}{(H8800)}, that he looked{H7200}{(H8799)} on Eliab{H446}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Surely the LORD'S{H3068} anointed{H4899} is before him. 7 But the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Samuel{H8050}, Look{H5027}{(H8686)} not on his countenance{H4758}, or on the height{H1364} of his stature{H6967}; because I have refused{H3988}{(H8804)} him: for the LORD seeth not as man{H120} seeth{H7200}{(H8799)}; for man{H120} looketh{H7200}{(H8799)} on the outward appearance{H5869}, but the LORD{H3068} looketh{H7200}{(H8799)} on the heart{H3824}. 8 Then Jesse{H3448} called{H7121}{(H8799)} Abinadab{H41}, and made him pass{H5674}{(H8686)} before{H6440} Samuel{H8050}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Neither hath the LORD{H3068} chosen{H977}{(H8804)} this. 9 Then Jesse{H3448} made Shammah{H8048} to pass by{H5674}{(H8686)}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Neither hath the LORD{H3068} chosen{H977}{(H8804)} this. 10 Again, Jesse{H3448} made seven{H7651} of his sons{H1121} to pass{H5674}{(H8686)} before{H6440} Samuel{H8050}. And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jesse{H3448}, The LORD{H3068} hath not chosen{H977}{(H8804)} these. 11 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jesse{H3448}, Are here all{H8552}{(H8804)} thy children{H5288}? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, There remaineth{H7604}{(H8804)} yet the youngest{H6996}, and, behold, he keepeth{H7462}{(H8802)} the sheep{H6629}. And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jesse{H3448}, Send{H7971}{(H8798)} and fetch{H3947}{(H8798)} him: for we will not sit down{H5437}{(H8799)} till he come{H935}{(H8800)} hither{H6311}.