Bible Cross References
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Genesis 29:1-30
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So Jacob started on his journey and came to the land of the east to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebecca, mother of Jacob and Esau.
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And he looked, and behold, a well in the plain; and there were three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.
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And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.
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And Jacob said to them, Brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.
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And he said to them, Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
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And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.
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And Jacob said, it is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together. Water the flocks, and go and feed them.
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And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds are gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.
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While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.
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And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.
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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.
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And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she ran and reported to her father according to these words.
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And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.
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And Laban said to him, You are of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month.
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And Laban said to Jacob, Surely you shall not serve me for nothing, because you are my brother; tell me what your reward is to be.
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Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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And the eyes of Leah were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.
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And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.
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And Laban said to him, It is better that I should give her to you, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.
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And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they seemed [only] a few days, because of the love that he had for her.
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And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage feast.
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And so it was, that he took his daughter Leah, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.
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And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah, as a maid for her.
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So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? And why have you deceived me?
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And Laban answered, It is not done thus in our country, to give the younger before the elder.
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Fulfill then her week, and I will give her to you also in return for your service, which you serve with me, yet seven other years.
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.
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And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter as a maid to her.
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And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Leah; and he served him seven other years.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah [were] Reuben, Jacob's firstborn; Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 49:1-33
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And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
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Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.
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Reuben, you [are] my firstborn, you my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed.
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You were insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for you went up to the bed of your father; then you defiled the couch, whereupon you went up.
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Simeon and Levi, brothers, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.
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Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not my inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they hamstrung a bull.
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Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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Judah, your brothers have praised you, and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.
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Judah is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, you have gone up. Having couched, you lie down like a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?
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A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and He is the expectation of nations.
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Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his donkey to the branch of it, he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.
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His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
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Zebulun shall dwell on the coast, and he [shall be] by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.
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Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.
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And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labor, and became a farmer.
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Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),
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waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
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Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; but he shall plunder him, [pursuing him] closely.
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Asher, his bread [shall be] fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes.
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Naphtali is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit.
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Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
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Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached [him], and the archers pressed hard upon him.
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But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob; this is he that strengthened Israel from the God of your father;
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and my God helped you, and He blessed you with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
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the blessings of your father and your mother- it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
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Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food.
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All these are the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing.
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And he said to them, I am added to my people; you shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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in the double cave which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the cave which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a possession, for a tomb.
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There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Leah;
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in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, [purchased] from the sons of Heth.
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And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.
Exodus 1:1-5
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These are the names of the sons of Israel that came into Egypt, together with Jacob their father. They came in each with their whole family.
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
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Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
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But Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls born of Jacob were seventy-five.
Exodus 6:14-18
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And these are the heads of the houses of their families: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel [were] Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
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And the sons of Simeon [were] Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Phoenician woman. These are the families of the sons of Simeon.
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And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their families: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
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And these are the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimi, according to their family. And the sons of Kohath [were]
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Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.
1 Chronicles 2:1-55
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These [are] the names of the sons of Israel:
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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The sons of Judah [were] Er, Onan, and Shelah. [These] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite woman. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, [was] wicked before the Lord, and He killed him.
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And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
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The sons of Perez [were] Hezron and Hamul.
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And the sons of Zerah [were] Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara- five [in] all.
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And the son of Carmi [was] Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
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And the son of Ethan [was] Azariah.
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Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him [were] Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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And Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the house of Judah.
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And Nahshon begot Salma, and Salmon begot Boaz,
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and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse.
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And Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab [was] his second, Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, [and] David the seventh.
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And their sisters [were] Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah [were] Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmaelite.
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And Caleb the son of Hezron took Azubah to wife, by Jerioth. Now these [were] her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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And Azubah died; and Caleb took to himself Ephrath [as a wife], and she bore to him Hur.
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And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.
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And after this Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Segub.
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And Segub begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Gilead.
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And he took Geshur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; [with] Kenath and its towns, sixty cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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And after the death of Hezron, Caleb came to Ephrathah; and the wife of Hezron [was] Abijah; and she bore him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
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And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron [were] Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, and Ozem his brother.
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And Jerahmeel had another wife, and her name [was] Atarah. She is the mother of Onam.
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And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai [were] Nadab and Abishur.
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And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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And the sons of Nadab [were] Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children.
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And the son of Appaim [was] Ishi; and the son of Ishi [was] Sheshan; and the son of Sheshan [was] Ahlai.
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And the sons of Jada [were] Jether and Jonathan. And Jether died childless.
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And the sons of Jonathan [were] Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, and his name [was] Jarha.
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And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
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And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad,
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and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed;
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and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah;
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and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah,
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and Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum,
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and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama, and Elishama begot Ishmael.
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And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were] Mesha his firstborn, he [is] the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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And the sons of Hebron [were] Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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And Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam: and Jorkoam begot Shammai.
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And his son [was] Maon; and Maon [is] the father of Beth Zur.
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And Ephah the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez.
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And the sons of Jahdai [were] Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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And Caleb's concubine Maachah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb [was] Achsah.
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These were the sons of Caleb: the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah [were] Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim,
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Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
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And the descendants of Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim were [the] Haroeh, and the Manuhoth,
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and the Shumathites, the Aethalim, the Miphithim, the Hesamathim, and the Hemasaraim; from these went forth the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma [were] Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the family of Malathi, Esari.
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The families of the scribes dwelling in Jabez [were] the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites, these [were] the Kenites that came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chronicles 8:1-40
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Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel his second, Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth,
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And the sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud,
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Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
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Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
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These [were] the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of families of them that dwell in Geba, and who forced them to move to Manahath:
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Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.
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And Shaharaim begot [children] in the plain of Moab, after that he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.
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By Hodesh his wife he begot Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
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Jeuz, Sachiah, and Mirmah. These [were] heads of families.
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And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal.
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And the sons of Elpaal [were] Eber, Misham, and Shemed; he built Ono and Lod, and its towns;
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and Beriah and Shema, these [were] heads of families among the inhabitants of Aijalon, and they drove out the inhabitants of Gath.
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And his brethren [were] Shashak, Jeremoth,
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Michael, Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah.
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Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
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Ishmerai, Jizliah, and Jobab [were] the sons of Elpaal.
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Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
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Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath [were] the sons of Shimei.
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Hananiah, Ambri, Elam, Antothijah,
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Jathin, Jephadias, and Penuel [were] the sons of Shashak.
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Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
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Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri [were] the sons of Jeroham.
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These [were] heads of families, chiefs according to their generations; these dwelt in Jerusalem.
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And the father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon; and his wife's name was Maacah.
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And her firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Ner,
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Gedor and his brother, Zecher, and Mikloth.
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And Mikloth begot Shimeah; for these dwelt in Jerusalem in the presence of their brethren, with their brethren.
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And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.
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And the son of Jonathan [was] Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
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And the sons of Micah [were] Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
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And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza.
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Moza begot Binea: Raphah [was] his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
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And Azel [had] six sons, and these [were] their names: Azrikam his firstborn, then Ishmael, Sheariah, Abdia, Hanan, and Asa: all these [were] the sons of Azel.
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And the sons of Eshek his brother [were] Ulam his firstborn, then Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
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And the sons of Ulam were mighty men, bending the bow, and multiplying sons and grandsons, a hundred [and] fifty. All these [were] of the sons of Benjamin.
Reuben
Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name Reuben, saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.
Genesis 35:22
[ 35:21] And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. [ 35:22] Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah [were] Reuben, Jacob's firstborn; Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 49:3
Reuben, you [are] my firstborn, you my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed.
Genesis 49:4
You were insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for you went up to the bed of your father; then you defiled the couch, whereupon you went up.
Exodus 6:14
And these are the heads of the houses of their families: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel [were] Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
Numbers 1:5
And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Numbers 1:20
And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel according to their families, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their heads, were all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that went out with the army.
Numbers 1:21
The numbering of them of the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand four hundred.
Numbers 2:10-13
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[This is] the order of the camp of Reuben: their forces [shall be] toward the south, and the prince of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.
11
His forces that were numbered were forty-six thousand five hundred.
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And they that encamp next to him [shall be] of the tribe of Simeon, and the prince of the sons of Simeon [shall be] Shelumiel the son of Zuri-shaddai.
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His forces that were numbered were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Numbers 26:5-11
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Reuben [was] the firstborn of Israel: and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and the family of Hanoch; to Pallu belongs the family of the Palluites.
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To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: to Carmi, the family of Carmi.
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These [are] the families of Reuben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
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And the son of Pallu [was] Eliab.
9
And the sons of Eliab [were] Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram: these [are] renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Korah, in the rebellion against the Lord.
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And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Korah, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign.
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But the sons of Korah died not.
Deuteronomy 33:6
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let him be many in number.
1 Chronicles 2:1-10
1
These [are] the names of the sons of Israel:
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3
The sons of Judah [were] Er, Onan, and Shelah. [These] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite woman. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, [was] wicked before the Lord, and He killed him.
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And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.
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The sons of Perez [were] Hezron and Hamul.
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And the sons of Zerah [were] Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara- five [in] all.
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And the son of Carmi [was] Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
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And the son of Ethan [was] Azariah.
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Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him [were] Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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And Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the house of Judah.