REUBEN

Passages on this topic · 25

• Genesis 29:32

  Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me.”

• Genesis 30:14

  Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

• Genesis 35:22

  While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

• Genesis 37:21

  Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

• Genesis 37:22

  Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him” — that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

• Genesis 37:23

  When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

• Genesis 37:24

  and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

• Genesis 37:25

  They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

• Genesis 37:26

  Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

• Genesis 37:27

  Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

• Genesis 37:28

  Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

• Genesis 37:29

  Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

• Genesis 37:30

  He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

• Genesis 42:22

  Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

• Genesis 46:9

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

• Genesis 49:3

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

• Genesis 49:4

  Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

• Exodus 6:14

  These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

• Numbers 16:1

  Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.

• 1 Chronicles 2:1

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

• 1 Chronicles 5:1

  The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the birthright.

• 1 Chronicles 5:3

  the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

• 1 Chronicles 5:4

  The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

• 1 Chronicles 5:5

  Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

• 1 Chronicles 5:6

  and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites.