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Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and from him came the chief ruler, but the birthright was Joseph's) --
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the sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, and 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, Reaiah 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, were the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah,
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and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon;
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and eastward he inhabited unto the entrance of the wilderness from the River Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
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And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
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And the children of Gad dwelt opposite them in the land of Bashan to Salcah: