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The sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Yisra'el (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosef the son of Yisra'el; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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For Yehudah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Yosef's:)
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the sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Yisra'el: Hanokh, and Pallu, Hetzron, and Karmi.
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The sons of Yo'el: Shemayah his son, Gog his son, Shim`i his son,
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Mikhah his son, Re'ayah his son, Ba`al his son,
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Be'erah his son, whom Tilgat-Pilne'eser king of Ashshur carried away captive: he was prince of the Re'uveni.
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His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Ye`i'el, and Zekharyah,