Let Reuben live, and not die, and let his men be numbered.
And it happened after Israel lived in that land, even Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine. And Israel heard. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn; and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Judah, may your brothers praise you, your hand be on the neck of your enemies. May the sons of your father bow themselves to you.
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;