Let Reuben live, and not die, and let not his men be few.
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;
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.