Deuteronomy 33:6

English Standard Version 2016

“Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few.”

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“Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you.

And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.