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Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
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The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: 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 Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.
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And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
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And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who was living in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;
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And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.
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And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagarites, and overcame them; and they put up their tents through all the land east of Gilead.
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And the sons of Gad were living opposite to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
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Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;