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Now the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, (for he
was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; and he was not counted as the firstborn.
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For Judah prevailed above his brethren and was their prince, but the birthright
was Joseph’s:)
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The sons,
therefore, of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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The sons of Joel: Shemaiah, his son, Gog, his son, Shimei, his son,
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Micah, his son, Reaia, his son, Baal, his son,
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Beerah, his son, whom Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, carried away
captive. He
was prince of the Reubenites.
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And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, had as princes, Jeiel and Zechariah.
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And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer, even until Nebo and Baalmeon.
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And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
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And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, {Ishmaelites}, who fell by their hand, and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east
land of Gilead.