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.

God has brought them out of Egypt; He fights for them like a wild ox.

God brought them out of Egypt; He fights for them like a wild ox. They devour their enemies, Crush their bones, smash their arrows.

Will a wild ox work for you? Is he willing to spend the night in your stable?

Can you hold one with a rope and make him plow? Or make him pull a harrow in your fields?

Rescue me from these lions; I am helpless before these wild bulls.

He makes the mountains of Lebanon jump like calves and makes Mount Hermon leap like a young bull.

You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.

The people will fall like wild oxen and young bulls, and the earth will be red with blood and covered with fat.

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab, "This is what the LORD says: 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.' "

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab, "This is what the LORD says, 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.' "

and by your power we defeat our enemies.

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."

These clans numbered 52,700 men.

These clans numbered 32,500 men. These are the clans descended from Joseph.

I know what Israel is like---she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me."

But the LORD says, "Israel and Judah, what am I going to do with you? Your love for me disappears as quickly as morning mist; it is like dew, that vanishes early in the day.

"Whenever I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil they do. They cheat one another; they break into houses and steal; they rob people in the streets.