Reuben

Where the Bible names him

1. Genesis 29:32

   And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

2. Genesis 30:14

   Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

3. Genesis 35:22

   While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

4. Genesis 35:23

   The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

5. Genesis 37:21

   When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

6. Genesis 37:22

   “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

7. Genesis 37:29

   When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

8. Genesis 42:22

   And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

9. Genesis 42:37

   Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”

10. Genesis 46:8

    Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

11. Genesis 46:9

    The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

12. Genesis 48:5

    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

13. Genesis 49:3

    Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

14. Exodus 1:2

    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

15. Exodus 6:14

    These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

16. Numbers 1:5

    These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

17. Numbers 1:20

    From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

18. Numbers 1:21

    those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

19. Numbers 2:10

    On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,

20. Numbers 2:16

    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.

21. Numbers 7:30

    On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.

22. Numbers 10:18

    Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

23. Numbers 13:4

    and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

24. Numbers 16:1

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

25. Numbers 26:5

    Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,

26. Numbers 26:7

    These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.

27. Numbers 32:1

    Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

28. Numbers 32:2

    So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

29. Numbers 32:6

    But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

30. Numbers 32:25

    The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

31. Numbers 32:29

    And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

32. Numbers 32:31

    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

33. Numbers 32:33

    So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

34. Numbers 32:37

    The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

35. Deuteronomy 3:12

    So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

36. Deuteronomy 3:16

    and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

37. Deuteronomy 4:43

    Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.

38. Deuteronomy 11:6

    and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

39. Deuteronomy 27:13

    And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

40. Deuteronomy 29:8

    We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.