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