Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

他们的名字：属流便的，有示丢珥的儿子以利蓿；

这是帮助你们的人的名字：属吕便的，示丢珥的儿子以利蓿；

这是帮助你们的人的名字：属吕便的，示丢珥的儿子以利蓿；

名单如下。“吕便支派示丢珥的儿子以利苏、

以下就是帮助你们的人的名字：属流本支派的，有示丢珥的儿子以利蓿；

他們的名字：屬呂便的，有示丟珥的兒子以利蓿；

這是幫助你們的人的名字：屬呂便的，示丟珥的兒子以利蓿；

這是幫助你們的人的名字：屬呂便的，示丟珥的兒子以利蓿；

名單如下。「呂便支派示丟珥的兒子以利蘇、

以下就是幫助你們的人的名字：屬流本支派的，有示丟珥的兒子以利蓿；

以下就是那些要同你們站在一起作工的人的名字：屬如便的有示丟珥的兒子以利蓿；

偕爾之人、其名列下、屬流便者、示丟珥子以利蓿、

今述其名、屬流便支派、示丟耳子以利蓿。

此當助爾者、其人之名乃此、屬流便支派示丟珥子以利蓿、

These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

“ Here are the names of the men who must help you.“ From the tribe of Reuben will come Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

“ These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: Tribe Leader Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur

These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;

These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

“ These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;

And these[ are] the names of the men that shall stand with you: of[ the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presented an offering.

Jacob called for his sons and said,“ Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.“ Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father’s bed, then you defiled it– he got on my couch!Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives!O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you.You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him?The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the choicest vine, he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.His eyes will be dark from wine, and his teeth white from milk.Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.I wait for your deliverance, O LORD.Gad will be raided by marauding bands, but he will attack them at their heels.Asher’s food will be rich, and he will provide delicacies to royalty.Naphtali is a free running doe, he speaks delightful words.Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder.”These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.Then he instructed them,“ I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went to his people.

Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.Then Rachel said,“ God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.Then Rachel said,“ I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.Leah said,“ How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.Leah said,“ How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah,“ Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”But Leah replied,“ Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?”“ All right,” Rachel said,“ he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“ You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations with her that night.God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.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.Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.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.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt– Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul( the son of a Canaanite woman).The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.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.The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.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.The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel.These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him.The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.The son of Dan: Hushim.The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

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.”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.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.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.

When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“ Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath( that is, Bethlehem).Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty- four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel:From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.

The standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; over his company was Elizur son of Shedeur.

This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.He said: The Lord came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.The LORD was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, Listen, O LORD, to Judah’s voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes.Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.He said to his father and mother,“ I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.Bless, O LORD, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD will live safely by him; he protects him all the time, and the LORD places him on his chest.Of Joseph he said: May the LORD bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;with the harvest of the earth and its fullness and the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph’s head, and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor, and may his horns be those of a wild ox; with them may he gore all peoples, all the far reaches of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.Of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, when you go outside, and Issachar, when you are in your tents.They will summon peoples to the mountain, there they will sacrifice proper sacrifices; for they will enjoy the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the shores.Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm– indeed, a scalp.He has selected the best part for himself, for the portion of the ruler is set aside there; he came with the leaders of the people, he obeyed the righteous laws of the LORD and his ordinances with Israel.Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the LORD’s blessing, possess the west and south.Of Asher he said: Asher is blessed with children, may he be favored by his brothers and may he dip his foot in olive oil.The bars of your gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength.There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said,“ Destroy!”Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

“ On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,