and Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren, including Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, [to be] gatekeepers;

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel -- he [was] indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;

yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him [came] a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph's --