Genesis 46:8

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Genesis 46:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

7 Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.

8 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

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

10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

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Genesis 29:1

Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

Genesis 29:2

He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

Genesis 29:3

When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

Genesis 29:4

“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

Genesis 29:5

“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

Genesis 29:6

“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

Genesis 29:7

“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

Genesis 29:8

But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

Genesis 29:9

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

Genesis 29:10

As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

Genesis 29:11

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

Genesis 29:12

He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.

Genesis 29:13

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

Genesis 29:14

Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

Genesis 29:15

Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

Genesis 29:16

Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

Genesis 29:17

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

Genesis 29:18

Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:19

Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

Genesis 29:21

Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

Genesis 29:22

So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

Genesis 29:23

But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

Genesis 29:24

And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

Genesis 29:25

When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

Genesis 29:26

Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.

Genesis 29:27

Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

Genesis 29:28

And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

Genesis 29:29

Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

Genesis 29:30

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 49:1

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

Genesis 49:2

Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

Genesis 49:3

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

Genesis 49:4

Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

Genesis 49:6

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Genesis 49:8

Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Genesis 49:11

He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

Genesis 49:12

His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

Genesis 49:13

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

Genesis 49:15

He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 49:17

He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Genesis 49:18

I await Your salvation, O LORD.

Genesis 49:19

Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

Genesis 49:20

Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

Genesis 49:21

Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

Genesis 49:22

Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

Genesis 49:23

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Genesis 49:24

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Genesis 49:25

by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

Genesis 49:26

The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Genesis 49:28

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

Genesis 49:29

Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 49:30

The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Genesis 49:31

There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Genesis 49:32

The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

Exodus 1:1

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

Exodus 1:2

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Exodus 1:3

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Exodus 1:4

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

Exodus 1:5

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

Exodus 6:14

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.

Exodus 6:15

The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

Exodus 6:16

These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

Exodus 6:17

The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Exodus 6:18

The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

1 Chronicles 2:1

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

1 Chronicles 2:2

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

1 Chronicles 2:3

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

1 Chronicles 2:4

Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

1 Chronicles 2:5

The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chronicles 2:6

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara —five in all.

1 Chronicles 2:7

The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

1 Chronicles 2:8

The son of Ethan: Azariah.

1 Chronicles 2:9

The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

1 Chronicles 2:10

Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

1 Chronicles 2:11

Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

1 Chronicles 2:12

Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 2:13

Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

1 Chronicles 2:14

Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

1 Chronicles 2:15

Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

1 Chronicles 2:16

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

1 Chronicles 2:17

Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

1 Chronicles 2:18

Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

1 Chronicles 2:19

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

1 Chronicles 2:20

Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

1 Chronicles 2:21

Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

1 Chronicles 2:22

Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:23

But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:24

After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

1 Chronicles 2:25

The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

1 Chronicles 2:26

Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

1 Chronicles 2:27

The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

1 Chronicles 2:28

The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

1 Chronicles 2:29

Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

1 Chronicles 2:30

The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

1 Chronicles 2:31

The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

1 Chronicles 2:32

The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

1 Chronicles 2:33

The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

1 Chronicles 2:34

Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

1 Chronicles 2:35

Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

1 Chronicles 2:36

Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,

1 Chronicles 2:37

Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

1 Chronicles 2:38

Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,

1 Chronicles 2:39

Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah,

1 Chronicles 2:40

Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum,

1 Chronicles 2:41

Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

1 Chronicles 2:42

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

1 Chronicles 2:43

The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

1 Chronicles 2:44

Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

1 Chronicles 2:45

The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

1 Chronicles 2:46

Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

1 Chronicles 2:47

The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

1 Chronicles 2:48

Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

1 Chronicles 2:49

She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

1 Chronicles 2:50

These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

1 Chronicles 2:52

These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

1 Chronicles 2:53

and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

1 Chronicles 2:54

The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

1 Chronicles 2:55

and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

1 Chronicles 8:1

Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third,

1 Chronicles 8:2

Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

1 Chronicles 8:3

The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

1 Chronicles 8:4

Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

1 Chronicles 8:5

Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

1 Chronicles 8:6

These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:

1 Chronicles 8:7

Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

1 Chronicles 8:8

Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

1 Chronicles 8:9

His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

1 Chronicles 8:10

Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

1 Chronicles 8:11

He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

1 Chronicles 8:12

The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),

1 Chronicles 8:13

and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

1 Chronicles 8:14

Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

1 Chronicles 8:15

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

1 Chronicles 8:16

Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

1 Chronicles 8:17

Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

1 Chronicles 8:18

Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

1 Chronicles 8:19

Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

1 Chronicles 8:20

Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

1 Chronicles 8:21

Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

1 Chronicles 8:22

Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

1 Chronicles 8:23

Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

1 Chronicles 8:24

Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

1 Chronicles 8:25

Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

1 Chronicles 8:26

Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

1 Chronicles 8:27

Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

1 Chronicles 8:28

All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 8:29

Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

1 Chronicles 8:30

and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

1 Chronicles 8:31

Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,

1 Chronicles 8:32

and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. These also lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 8:33

Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chronicles 8:34

The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

1 Chronicles 8:35

The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

1 Chronicles 8:36

Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

1 Chronicles 8:37

Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

1 Chronicles 8:38

Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 8:39

The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

1 Chronicles 8:40

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

Genesis 29:32

And 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 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 twelve sons:

Numbers 1:5

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

Numbers 1:20

From 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

those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

Numbers 2:10

On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,

Numbers 2:11

and his division numbers 46,500.

Numbers 2:12

The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

Numbers 2:13

and his division numbers 59,300.

Numbers 26:5

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,

Numbers 26:6

the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi.

Numbers 26:7

These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.

Numbers 26:8

Now the son of Pallu was Eliab,

Numbers 26:9

and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.

Numbers 26:10

And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

Numbers 26:11

However, the line of Korah did not die out.

Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”