Bible Cross References
the names
Genesis 29:1-30
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So Jacob lifted his feet and came into the land of the sons of the East.
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And he looked, and behold a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. And a large stone was on the well's mouth.
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And all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well's mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well's mouth.
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And Jacob said to them, My brethren, 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, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep.
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And he said, Behold, it is still high day; it is not the time for cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.
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But they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
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And while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was tending them.
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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 went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
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And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative and that he was Rebekah's son. So she ran and told her father.
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And it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things.
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And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him a month of days.
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And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages 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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Leah's eyes were delicate, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a beautiful appearance.
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And Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.
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So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they were only a day in his eyes because of the love he had for her.
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And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my days have been fulfilled.
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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him; and he went in to her.
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And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maidservant.
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And it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?
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And Laban said, It is not done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me yet another seven years.
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And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.
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And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maidservant.
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And Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.
Genesis 35:23
the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
Genesis 49:1-33
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And Jacob summoned his sons and said, Gather around, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
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Gather around and hear, you sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.
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Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
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Like bubbling water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it; he went up to my couch.
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Simeon and Levi are brothers; implements of violence are their weapons.
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Let not my soul enter their council; let not my honor be united to their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they have hamstrung an ox.
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Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
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Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.
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Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he crouches like a lion; and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?
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The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the cleansing of the peoples.
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Binding His donkey to the vine, and His donkey's colt to the choice vine, He has washed His garments in wine, and His clothes in the blood of grapes;
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His eyes flashing with wine, and His teeth white with milk.
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Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore; he shall become a haven for ships, bordering Sidon.
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Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between two burdens.
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He saw that the resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant. He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden, and became a servant to forced labor.
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Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that its rider shall fall backward.
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I have waited for your salvation, O Jehovah.
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Gad, a troop shall attack him, but he shall attack their heel.
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Bread from Asher shall be rich, and he shall produce kings' delicacies.
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Naphtali is a deer let loose; he utters beautiful words.
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Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches have run over the wall.
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The archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and carried animosity against him.
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But his bow remained steadfast, and the arms of his hands were made nimble by the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob; from the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,
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by the Mighty God of your father who will help you, and by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
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The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, to the bounds of the enduring hills. They shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
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Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall distribute the spoils.
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.
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And he charged them and said to them: I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.
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There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.
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The field and the cave that is there were purchased from the sons of Heth.
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And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and expired, and was gathered to his people.
Exodus 1:1-5
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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; each man and his house came with Jacob:
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
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Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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All those who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls (for Joseph was in Egypt already).
Exodus 6:14-18
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These were the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These were 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 Canaanite woman. These were the families of Simeon.
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These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
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The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families.
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And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three.
1 Chronicles 2:1-55
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These, the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, so He killed him.
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And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah: five.
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The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five.
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The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who had transgressed in the devoted thing.
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The son of Ethan: Azariah.
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The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the sons of Judah;
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Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz;
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Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
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Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the 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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Their sisters: Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel; three.
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Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur.
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And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.
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And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he had taken when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
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Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its daughter- villages; sixty cities.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abiah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
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The name of the wife of Abishur: Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children.
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The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan; and Sheshan's son: Ahlai.
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The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children.
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The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These, the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
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Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad;
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Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed;
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Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah;
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Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah;
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Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum;
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Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
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The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son: Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai.
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And the son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
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Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
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The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These, the sons of Caleb the son of Hur; the firstborn of Ephrathah: 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 Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Manuhothites.
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The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.
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The families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These, the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chronicles 8:1-40
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Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
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Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
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The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
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Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
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These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and took them in exile to Manahath:
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Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera who had taken them into exile. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.
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And Shaharaim begot children in the land of Moab, after 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 his sons, heads of fathers.
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And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal.
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The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono and Lod with their daughter-villages;
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and Beriah and Shema, heads of fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.
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Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
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Michael, Ispah, and Joha were 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; the sons of Shimei.
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Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah,
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Iphdeiah, and Penuel; the sons of Shashak.
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Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
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Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri; the sons of Jeroham.
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These were heads of fathers by their generations; chiefs. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
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The father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.
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His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
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Mikloth begot Shimeah. These also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, across from them.
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Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
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The son of Jonathan: Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
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The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
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And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza.
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Moza begot Binea, Raphah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
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Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these, the sons of Azel.
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And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor; archers. They had many sons and sons of sons; one hundred and fifty. These were all sons of Benjamin.
Reuben
Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Jehovah has surely looked upon my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.
Genesis 35:22
And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Genesis 35:23
the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
Genesis 49:3
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
Genesis 49:4
Like bubbling water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it; he went up to my couch.
Exodus 6:14
These were the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These were the families of Reuben.
Numbers 1:5
These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Numbers 1:20
And the sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, every male by head, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
Numbers 1:21
those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
Numbers 2:10-13
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On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts; and the captain of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur:
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and his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.
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Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the captain of the sons of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai:
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and his army was numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Numbers 26:5-11
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Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
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of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
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These are the families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
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And the son of Pallu was Eliab.
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The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, called out of the congregation, who struggled against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, to struggle against Jehovah;
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and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.
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However the sons of Korah did not die.
Deuteronomy 33:6
Let Reuben live, and not die, and let his men be numbered.
1 Chronicles 2:1-10
1
These, the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, so He killed him.
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And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah: five.
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The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five.
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The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who had transgressed in the devoted thing.
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The son of Ethan: Azariah.
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The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the sons of Judah;