4.
The genealogy of Reuben
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And the sons of
1aReuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of
bJoseph the son of Israel; but he was not to be enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright,
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For aJudah prevailed among his brothers, and
bfrom him was the leader, but the birthright was Joseph’s) —
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The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:
aHanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
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The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
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Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
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Beerah his son, whom
aTilgath-pilneser the king of Assyria carried away captive; he was the leader of the Reubenites.
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And his brothers by their families, in the genealogical enrollment of their generations, were: Jeiel the chief and Zechariah
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And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;
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And he dwelt on the east as far as the entrance to the wilderness from the river Euphrates; for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
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And in the days of Saul they waged war with the
aHagarites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the east side of Gilead.
5.
The genealogy of Gad
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And the children of Gad dwelt opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah.
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Joel was the head and Shapham the next, then Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
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And their brothers according to their fathers’ houses were Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven.
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These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz:
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Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was the head of their fathers’ house.
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And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan and in its towns and in all the pasture lands of Sharon as far as their limits.
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All these were enrolled in genealogies in the days of
aJotham the king of Judah and in the days of
bJeroboam the king of Israel.
6.
An insertion concerning the children of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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The children of Reuben and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh were among the valiant men, men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow and were skillful in war—forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty ready for war.
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And they waged war with the
aHagarites and Jetur and Naphish and Nodab;
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And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, as well as all who were with them; for they
1cried out to God in the battle, and He was entreated for them because they trusted in Him.
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And they took their livestock: their fifty thousand camels, and two hundred fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys, as well as one hundred thousand people.
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For many fell down slain, for the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the
acaptivity.
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And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan as far as Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon; they were many.
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And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
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But they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went as harlots after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
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And the God of Israel
astirred up the spirit of
bPul the king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser the king of Assyria; and He carried them away, the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to
cHalah and Habor and Hara and to the river Gozan,
where they are to this day.
