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Reuben

Mentioned in 70 verses across 9 books, first in Numbers 1:5. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

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In the Bible

All 19 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Numbers

  • Numbers 1:5

    These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

  • Numbers 1:20

    From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

  • Numbers 1:21

    those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

  • Numbers 2:10

    On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,

  • Numbers 2:16

    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.

  • Numbers 7:30

    On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.

  • Numbers 10:18

    Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

  • Numbers 13:4

    and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

  • Numbers 16:1

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

  • Numbers 26:5

    Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,

  • Numbers 32:1

    Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

  • Numbers 32:2

    So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

  • Numbers 32:6

    But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

  • Numbers 32:25

    The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

  • Numbers 32:29

    And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

  • Numbers 32:31

    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

  • Numbers 32:33

    So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

  • Numbers 32:37

    The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

  • Numbers 34:14

    For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.

Events

Events the dataset lists Reuben as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 1758 BC
    Birth of ReubenGenesis 29:32
  2. c. 1728 BC
    Joseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36 · at Egypt
  3. c. 1718 BC
    Joseph imprisonedGenesis 39:20–41:14 · at Egypt
  4. c. 1708 BC
    7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–43:34
  5. c. 1706 BC
    Joseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–45:28 · at Egypt

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

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.

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