1 Figliuoli di Ruben, primogenito d’Israele. Poiché egli era il primogenito; ma siccome profanò il talamo di suo padre, la sua primogenitura fu data ai figliuoli di Giuseppe, figliuolo d’Israele. Nondimeno, Giuseppe non fu iscritto nelle genealogie come primogenito;
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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,