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Although Judah became the strongest among his brothers and a leader came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
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The family of Reuben, Israel's oldest son: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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Joel's family: his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,
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his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal,
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and his son Beerah, whom Assyria's King Tilgath-pilneser carried away into exile. He was a chief of the Reubenites.