Hāpai ihola ʻo Lea, a hānau maila he keiki kāne, a kapa ihola ia i kona inoa ʻo Reubena; no ka mea, ʻī maila ia, “He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua nānā mai ʻo Iēhova i kuʻu pōpilikia; ʻānō hoʻi, e aloha mai auaneʻi kaʻu kāne iaʻu.”
A i ka noho ʻana o ʻIseraʻela ma ia ʻāina, hele akula ʻo Reubena, a moe pū ihola me Bileha me ka haiā wahine a kona makua kāne; a lohe aʻela ʻo ʻIseraʻela. ʻO nā keiki kāne a Iakoba he ʻumikumamālua:
¶ A ʻo nā keiki kāne a Reubena, a ka makahiapo a ʻIseraʻela; (no ka mea, ʻo ia ka makahiapo; akā, no kona hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka moe o kona makua kāne, ua hāʻawi ʻia kā hānau mua ona no nā keiki a Iosepa ke keiki a ʻIseraʻela; ʻaʻole e helu ʻia ke kūʻauhau ma muli o ko ka hānau mua;
¶ Eia hoʻi nā mea mua o ko lākou mau ʻohana kupuna: ʻO nā keiki a Reubena, a ka hiapo a ʻIseraʻela: ʻo Hanoka, ʻo Palu, ʻo Hezerona, a ʻo Karemi; ʻo lākou nā ʻohana a Reubena.
¶ A ʻo nā mamo a Reubena, a ka hiapo a ʻIseraʻela, ma ko lākou mau hanauna, ma muli o ko lākou mau ʻohana, ma ko ka hale o ko lākou mau kūpuna, e like me ka helu ʻana i nā inoa ma ko lākou mau poʻo; ʻo nā kāne a pau ma ka iwakālua o ka makahiki a keu aku, ʻo ka poʻe a pau i hiki ke hele i ke kaua,
“E helu ʻoukou i nā kānaka, o nā makahiki he iwakālua a keu aku, e like me kā Iēhova i kauoha mai ai iā Mose a i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i hele mai mai loko mai o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita.”