Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

                                  REUBEN

GEN 29:32  Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him 
Reuben, for she said, "It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my 
husband will love me now."

GEN 30:14  During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found 
some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to 
Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

GEN 30:15  But she said to her, "Wasn't it enough that you took away my 
husband? Will you take my son's mandrakes too?" "Very well," Rachel said, 
"he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes."

GEN 30:16  So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went 
out to meet him. "You must sleep with me," she said. "I have hired you with 
my son's mandrakes." So he slept with her that night.

GEN 35:22  While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept 
with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had 
twelve sons:

GEN 37:20  "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these 
cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what 
comes of his dreams."

GEN 37:21  When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. 
"Let's not take his life," he said.

GEN 37:22  "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the 
desert, but don't lay a hand on him." Reuben said this to rescue him from 
them and take him back to his father.

GEN 37:23  So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his 
robe--the richly ornamented robe he was wearing--

GEN 37:24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern 
was empty; there was no water in it.

GEN 37:25  As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a 
caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with 
spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to 
Egypt.

GEN 37:26  Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our 
brother and cover up his blood?

GEN 37:27  Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on 
him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers 
agreed.

GEN 37:28  So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled 
Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to 
the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

GEN 37:29  When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not 
there, he tore his clothes.

GEN 37:30  He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy isn't there! 
Where can I turn now?"

GEN 42:22  Reuben replied, "Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy? 
But you wouldn't listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood."

GEN 42:37  Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put both of my sons to 
death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will 
bring him back."

GEN 46:9  The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

GEN 49:3  "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my 
strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

GEN 49:4  Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went 
up onto your father's bed, onto my couch and defiled it.

EXO 6:14  These were the heads of their families: The sons of Reuben the 
firstborn son of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were 
the clans of Reuben.

NUM 16:1  Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and 
certain Reubenites--Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of 
Peleth--became insolent

1CH 2:1  These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, 
Issachar, Zebulun,

1CH 5:1  The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, 
but when he defiled his father's marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were 
given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the 
genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,

1CH 5:3  the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron 
and Carmi.

1CH 5:4  The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his 
son,

1CH 5:5  Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

1CH 5:6  and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into 
exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.



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