Reuben
PersonA man who founded the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32) referred to as Reuben or Reubenite (רְאוּבֵן), or Reubenite or Reuben (רְאוּבֵנִי), or Reuben (Ῥουβήν); son of Israel and Leah; a brother of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah; half-brother of: Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph and Benjamin; father of Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
Their thread through Scripture
- 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.”