רְאוּבֵן

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Hebrew H7205 Personal name, masculine 72 occurrences in 68 verses
רְאוּבֵן Reuben

A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32;

son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);

brother of: Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783);

half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);

father of: Hanoch (H2585J), Pallu (H6396), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756)

§ Reuben = "behold a son"

1. the eldest son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Reuben

3. the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben

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Concordance 68 verses

  1. Genesis 29:32 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

    And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

  2. Genesis 30:14 רְאוּבֵ֜ן

    Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

  3. Genesis 35:22 רְאוּבֵ֔ן

    While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

  4. Genesis 35:23 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

    The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  5. Genesis 37:21 רְאוּבֵ֔ן

    When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

  6. Genesis 37:22 רְאוּבֵן֮

    “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

  7. Genesis 37:29 רְאוּבֵן֙

    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

  8. Genesis 42:22 רְאוּבֵ֨ן

    And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

  9. Genesis 42:37 רְאוּבֵן֙

    Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”

  10. Genesis 46:8 רְאוּבֵֽן׃

    Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

  11. Genesis 46:9 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

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

  12. Genesis 48:5 כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ן

    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

  13. Genesis 49:3 רְאוּבֵן֙

    Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

  14. Exodus 1:2 רְאוּבֵ֣ן

    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

  15. Exodus 6:14 רְאוּבֵ֜ןרְאוּבֵֽן׃

    These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

  16. Numbers 1:5 לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן

    These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

  17. Numbers 1:20 רְאוּבֵן֙

    From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

  18. Numbers 1:21 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

    those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

  19. Numbers 2:10 רְאוּבֵ֛ןרְאוּבֵ֔ן

    On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,

  20. Numbers 2:16 רְאוּבֵ֗ן

    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.

  21. Numbers 7:30 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

    On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.

  22. Numbers 10:18 רְאוּבֵ֖ן

    Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

  23. Numbers 13:4 רְאוּבֵ֔ן

    and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

  24. Numbers 16:1 רְאוּבֵֽן׃

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

  25. Numbers 26:5 רְאוּבֵ֖ןרְאוּבֵ֗ן

    Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,

  26. Numbers 32:1 רְאוּבֵ֛ן

    Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

  27. Numbers 32:2 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

    So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

  28. Numbers 32:6 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

    But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

  29. Numbers 32:25 רְאוּבֵ֔ן

    The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

  30. Numbers 32:29 רְאוּבֵ֣ן׀

    And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

  31. Numbers 32:31 רְאוּבֵ֖ן

    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

  32. Numbers 32:33 רְאוּבֵ֜ן

    So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

  33. Numbers 32:37 רְאוּבֵן֙

    The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

  34. Deuteronomy 11:6 רְאוּבֵן֒

    and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

  35. Deuteronomy 27:13 רְאוּבֵן֙

    And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

  36. Deuteronomy 33:6 רְאוּבֵ֖ן

    Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

  37. Joshua 4:12 רְאוּבֵ֨ן

    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.

  38. Joshua 13:15 רְאוּבֵ֖ן

    This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:

  39. Joshua 13:23 רְאוּבֵ֔ןרְאוּבֵן֙

    And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.

  40. Joshua 15:6 רְאוּבֵֽן׃

    went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

  41. Joshua 18:7 וּרְאוּבֵ֡ן

    The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

  42. Joshua 18:17 רְאוּבֵֽן׃

    From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

  43. Joshua 20:8 רְאוּבֵ֑ן

    And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

  44. Joshua 21:7 רְאוּבֵ֤ן

    And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

  45. Joshua 21:36 רְאוּבֵ֔ן

    From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

  46. Joshua 22:9 רְאוּבֵ֨ן

    So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.

  47. Joshua 22:10 רְאוּבֵ֣ן

    And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.

  48. Joshua 22:11 רְאוּבֵ֣ן

    Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

  49. Joshua 22:13 רְאוּבֵ֧ן

    The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  50. Joshua 22:15 רְאוּבֵ֧ן

    They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,

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