Let Reuben live, and not die, and let not his men be few.
When Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun.
Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down before you.
These are the names of the men who will stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;