A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Hanoch (H2585J), Pallu (H6396), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756) § Reuben = "behold a son" 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Reuben 3) the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben
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H7205 — רְאוּבֵן
re.u.ven · Reuben · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 29:32 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןAnd Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”Genesis 30:14 · רְאוּבֵ֜ןNow during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”Genesis 35:22 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןWhile Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:Genesis 35:23 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןThe sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.Genesis 37:21 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןWhen Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.Genesis 37:22 · רְאוּבֵן֮“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.Genesis 37:29 · רְאוּבֵן֙When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,Genesis 42:22 · רְאוּבֵ֨ןAnd Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”Genesis 42:37 · רְאוּבֵן֙Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”Genesis 46:8 · רְאוּבֵֽן׃Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.Genesis 46:9 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןThe sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.Genesis 48:5 · כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןAnd now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.Genesis 49:3 · רְאוּבֵן֙Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.Exodus 1:2 · רְאוּבֵ֣ןReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;Exodus 6:14 · רְאוּבֵ֜ן · רְאוּבֵֽן׃These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.Numbers 1:5 · לִרְאוּבֵ֕ןThese are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;Numbers 1:20 · רְאוּבֵן֙From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,Numbers 1:21 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןthose registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.Numbers 2:10 · רְאוּבֵ֛ן · רְאוּבֵ֔ןOn the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,Numbers 2:16 · רְאוּבֵ֗ןThe total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.Numbers 7:30 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןOn the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.Numbers 10:18 · רְאוּבֵ֖ןThen the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.Numbers 13:4 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןand these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;Numbers 16:1 · רְאוּבֵֽן׃Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conductedNumbers 26:5 · רְאוּבֵ֖ן · רְאוּבֵ֗ןReuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,Numbers 32:1 · רְאוּבֵ֛ןNow the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.Numbers 32:2 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןSo the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,Numbers 32:6 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןBut Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?Numbers 32:25 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןThe Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.Numbers 32:29 · רְאוּבֵ֣ן׀And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.Numbers 32:31 · רְאוּבֵ֖ןThe Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.Numbers 32:33 · רְאוּבֵ֜ןSo Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.Numbers 32:37 · רְאוּבֵן֙The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,Deuteronomy 11:6 · רְאוּבֵן֒and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.Deuteronomy 27:13 · רְאוּבֵן֙And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.Deuteronomy 33:6 · רְאוּבֵ֖ןLet Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”Joshua 4:12 · רְאוּבֵ֨ןThe Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.Joshua 13:15 · רְאוּבֵ֖ןThis is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:Joshua 13:23 · רְאוּבֵ֔ן · רְאוּבֵן֙And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.Joshua 15:6 · רְאוּבֵֽן׃went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.Joshua 18:7 · וּרְאוּבֵ֡ןThe Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”Joshua 18:17 · רְאוּבֵֽן׃From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.Joshua 20:8 · רְאוּבֵ֑ןAnd beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.Joshua 21:7 · רְאוּבֵ֤ןAnd the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.Joshua 21:36 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןFrom the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,Joshua 22:9 · רְאוּבֵ֨ןSo the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.Joshua 22:10 · רְאוּבֵ֣ןAnd when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.Joshua 22:11 · רְאוּבֵ֣ןThen the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”Joshua 22:13 · רְאוּבֵ֧ןThe Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.Joshua 22:15 · רְאוּבֵ֧ןThey went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,Joshua 22:21 · רְאוּבֵ֣ןThen the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:Joshua 22:25 · רְאוּבֵ֤ןFor the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.Joshua 22:30 · רְאוּבֵ֥ןWhen Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.Joshua 22:31 · רְאוּבֵ֨ןPhinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”Joshua 22:32 · רְאוּבֵן֩Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.Joshua 22:33 · רְאוּבֵ֥ןThe Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.Joshua 22:34 · רְאוּבֵ֥ןSo the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”Judges 5:15 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןThe princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.Judges 5:16 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןWhy did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.1 Chronicles 2:1 · רְאוּבֵ֤ןThese were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,1 Chronicles 5:1 · רְאוּבֵ֥ןThese were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.1 Chronicles 5:3 · רְאוּבֵ֖ןThe sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.1 Chronicles 5:18 · רְאוּבֵ֨ןThe Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.1 Chronicles 6:63 · רְ֠אוּבֵןThe Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.1 Chronicles 6:78 · רְאוּבֵ֔ןFrom the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,