Let Ruben live, and not die, and may he be small in number."
And when he was living in that region, Reuben went out, and he slept with Bilhah the concubine of his father, which was not such a small matter as to be hidden from him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
The sons of Leah: Reuben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be at the necks of your enemies; the sons of your father will reverence you.
the names of whom are these: of Ruben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;