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.

"Come together and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.

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

These are the descendants of Reuben, the oldest of Jacob's sons. (Because he had sex with one of his father's concubines, he lost the rights belonging to the first-born son, and those rights were given to Joseph.

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

and Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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

Reuben, the oldest of Jacob's sons, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.