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Genesis 29:32
Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said,“ The Lord has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”
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Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons:
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Genesis 48:15-22
Then he blessed Joseph and said: The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow to be numerous within the land.When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.Joseph said to his father,“ Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”But his father refused and said,“ I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”So he blessed them that day with these words: The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,“ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,” putting Ephraim before Manasseh.Then Israel said to Joseph,“ Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
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1 Chronicles 26 10
Hosah, from the Merarites, also had sons: Shimri the first( although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
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Genesis 49:3-4
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my virility, excelling in prominence, excelling in power.Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel, because you got into your father’s bed and you defiled it— he got into my bed.
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Numbers 1:5
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;
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Genesis 25:23
And the Lord said to her: Two nations are in your womb; two people will come from you and be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.
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Genesis 46:8
These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Jacob’s firstborn: Reuben.
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Deuteronomy 27:20
‘ The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And all the people will say,‘ Amen!’
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Numbers 16:1
Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
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Exodus 6:14
These are the heads of their fathers’ families: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.
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Leviticus 20:11
If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has shamed his father. Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.
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Joshua 14:6
The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,“ You know what the Lord promised Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
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Colossians 1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
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1 Samuel 16 6-1 Samuel 16 11
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said,“ Certainly the Lord’s anointed one is here before Him.”But the Lord said to Samuel,“ Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel.“ The Lord hasn’t chosen this one either,” Samuel said.Then Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said,“ The Lord hasn’t chosen this one either.”After Jesse presented seven of his sons to him, Samuel told Jesse,“ The Lord hasn’t chosen any of these.”Samuel asked him,“ Are these all the sons you have?”“ There is still the youngest,” he answered,“ but right now he’s tending the sheep.” Samuel told Jesse,“ Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.”
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1 Corinthians 5 1
It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles— a man is living with his father’s wife.
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Numbers 26:5
Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. Reuben’s descendants: the Hanochite clan from Hanoch; the Palluite clan from Pallu;
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Deuteronomy 21:17
He must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him two shares of his estate, for he is the firstfruits of his virility; he has the rights of the firstborn.
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Leviticus 18:8
You are not to have sex with your father’s wife; it will shame your father.
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1 Chronicles 2 1
These were Israel’s sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,