Reuben
firstborn son of Jacob (GEN 29:32), son of Leah
PersonTribe of Reubenmale61 verses
Names
- Reuben — רְאוּבֵן rəuven “see, a son” (H7205) · Ρουβην Roubēn (G4502) — Genesis 29:32
Family
- father of Hanoch (son of Reuben) (inferred)
- father of Pallu (inferred)
- father of Hezron (son of Reuben) (inferred)
- father of Carmi (son of Reuben) (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Shedeur (inferred)
- ancestor of Zaccur (father of Shammua)
- ancestor of Eliab (father of Dathan and Abiram from the tribe of…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Peleth (father of On) (inferred)
- ancestor of Bohan (inferred)
- ancestor of Shiza
- ancestor of Zichri (father of Eliezer) (inferred)
Siblings
- brother of Simeon (second-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- brother of Levi (third-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- brother of Judah (fourth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- half-brother of Dan (inferred)
- half-brother of Naphtali (inferred)
- half-brother of Gad (seventh-born son of Jacob, son of Zilpah…) (inferred)
- half-brother of Asher (inferred)
- brother of Issachar (ninth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- brother of Zebulun (inferred)
- brother of Dinah (inferred)
- half-brother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- half-brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Reuben* — 2,255 AH · 1,758 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 29:32
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Reuben* (Genesis 35:26)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Jordan — 7 shared verses
- Gilead 1 — 6 shared verses
- Canaan — 4 shared verses
- Geliloth — 3 shared verses
- Bezer — 2 shared verses
- Egypt — 2 shared verses
- Jahaz — 2 shared verses
- Adummim — 1 shared verse
- Bashan — 1 shared verse
- Beth-arabah — 1 shared verse
- Beth-hoglah — 1 shared verse
- Elealeh — 1 shared verse
and 7 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
Topical references
- Son of Jacob — Genesis 29:32; 1 Chronicles 2:1
- Brings mandrakes (an aphrodisiac) to his mother — Genesis 30:14
- Commits incest with one of his father' s concubines, and, in consequence, forfeits his birthright — Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1
- Adroitly seeks to save Joseph from the conspiracy of his brothers — Genesis 37:21; Genesis 42:22
- Jacob' s prophetic benediction upon — Genesis 49:3; Genesis 49:4
- His children — Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; 1 Chronicles 5:3; Numbers 16:1
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.