Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, "The LORD has seen my trouble, and now my husband will love me"; so she named him Reuben.

The members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt with him were his oldest son Reuben

"Reuben, my first-born, you are my strength And the first child of my manhood, The proudest and strongest of all my sons.

Reuben, Jacob's first-born, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names.

These are the men, leaders within their tribes, who were chosen from the community for this work: (Tribe: Clan chief); Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur; Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab; Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar; Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon; Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud; Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni; Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; Asher: Pagiel son of Ochran; Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel; Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan

Korah son of Izhar, from the Levite clan of Kohath, rebelled against the leadership of Moses. He was joined by three members of the tribe of Reuben---Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth---and by 250 other Israelites, well-known leaders chosen by the community.

The tribe of Reuben (Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob): the clans of Hanoch, Pallu,

While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious. Jacob had twelve sons.

You are like a raging flood, But you will not be the most important, For you slept with my concubine And dishonored your father's bed.

Do not disgrace your father by having intercourse with any of his other wives.

A man who has intercourse with one of his father's wives disgraces his father, and both he and the woman shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

" 'God's curse on anyone who disgraces his father by having intercourse with any of his father's wives.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'

Now, it is actually being said that there is sexual immorality among you so terrible that not even the heathen would be guilty of it. I am told that a man is sleeping with his stepmother!

From the clan of Merari there was Hosah, who had four sons: Shimri (his father made him the leader, even though he was not the oldest son),

Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!

Joseph was upset when he saw that his father had put his right hand on Ephraim's head; so he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to the head of Manasseh.

His father refused, saying, "I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations."

Then Jacob said to Joseph, "As you see, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your ancestors.

He is to give a double share of his possessions to his first son, even though he is not the son of his favorite wife. A man must acknowledge his first son and give him the share he is legally entitled to.

Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all created things.

The LORD said to her, "Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the younger."

When they arrived, Samuel saw Jesse's son Eliab and said to himself, "This man standing here in the LORD's presence is surely the one he has chosen."

Then Jesse called his son Abinadab and brought him to Samuel. But Samuel said, "No, the LORD hasn't chosen him either."

In this way Jesse brought seven of his sons to Samuel. And Samuel said to him, "No, the LORD hasn't chosen any of these."

One day some people from the tribe of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. One of them, Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, "You know what the LORD said in Kadesh Barnea about you and me to Moses, the man of God.