Meaning of “Reuben”
Reuben — behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father's malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph, and was the means of saving his life when his other brothers would have put him to death (37:21,22). It was he also who pledged his life and the life of his sons when Jacob was unwilling to let Benjamin go down into Egypt. After Jacob and his family went down into Egypt (46:8) no further mention is made of Reuben beyond what is recorded in ch. 49:3,4. Reuben, Tribe of — at the Exodus numbered 46,500 male adults, from twenty years old and upwards (Num. 1:20, 21), and at the close of the wilderness wanderings they numbered only 43,730 (26:7). This tribe united with that of Gad in asking permission to settle in the "land of Gilead," "on the other side of Jordan" (32:1-5). The lot assigned to Reuben was the smallest of the lots given to the trans-Jordanic tribes. It extended from the Arnon, in the south along the coast of the Dead Sea to its northern end, where the Jordan flows into it (Josh. 13:15-21, 23). It thus embraced the original kingdom of Sihon. Reuben is "to the eastern tribes what Simeon is to the western. 'Unstable as water,' he vanishes away into a mere Arabian tribe. 'His men are few;' it is all he can do 'to live and not die.' We hear of nothing beyond the multiplication of their cattle in the land of Gilead, their spoils of 'camels fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand' (1 Chr. 5:9, 10, 20, 21). In the great struggles of the nation he never took part. The complaint against him in the song of Deborah is the summary of his whole history. 'By the streams of Reuben,' i.e., by the fresh streams which descend from the eastern hills into the Jordan and the Dead Sea, on whose banks the Bedouin chiefs met then as now to debate, in the 'streams' of Reuben great were the 'desires'", i.e., resolutions which were never carried out, the people idly resting among their flocks as if it were a time of peace (Judg. 5:15, 16). Stanley's Sinai and Palestine. All the three tribes on the east of Jordan at length fell into complete apostasy, and the time of retribution came. God "stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria," to carry them away, the first of the tribes, into captivity (1 Chr. 5:25, 26).
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Genesis Chapter 29 Verse 32 — And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 14 — And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. Genesis Chapter 35 Verse 23 — The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: Genesis Chapter 35 Verse 22 — And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 29 — And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 22 — And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 21 — And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. Genesis Chapter 42 Verse 37 — And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. Genesis Chapter 42 Verse 22 — And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 9 — And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 8 — And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. Genesis Chapter 48 Verse 5 — And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. Genesis Chapter 49 Verse 3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Exodus Chapter 1 Verse 2 — Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Exodus Chapter 6 Verse 14 — These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 21 — Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 20 — And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 5 — And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. Numbers Chapter 2 Verse 16 — All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. Numbers Chapter 2 Verse 10 — On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. Numbers Chapter 7 Verse 30 — On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: Numbers Chapter 10 Verse 18 — And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. Numbers Chapter 13 Verse 4 — And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Numbers Chapter 16 Verse 1 — Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 7 — These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 5 — Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 37 — And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 33 — And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 31 — And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 29 — And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 25 — And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 6 — And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 2 — The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 1 — Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; Numbers Chapter 34 Verse 14 — For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: Deuteronomy Chapter 3 Verse 16 — And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; Deuteronomy Chapter 3 Verse 12 — And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. Deuteronomy Chapter 4 Verse 43 — Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. Deuteronomy Chapter 11 Verse 6 — And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: Deuteronomy Chapter 27 Verse 13 — And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Deuteronomy Chapter 29 Verse 8 — And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. Deuteronomy Chapter 33 Verse 6 — Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. Joshua Chapter 1 Verse 12 — And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, Joshua Chapter 4 Verse 12 — And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: Joshua Chapter 12 Verse 6 — Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. Joshua Chapter 13 Verse 23 — And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. Joshua Chapter 13 Verse 15 — And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. Joshua Chapter 13 Verse 8 — With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 6 — And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 17 — And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
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