by the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, one section for (A)Reuben;

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The Land of Reuben

15 (A)And Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families. 16 Their territory was (B)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, (C)and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, (D)and all the plain by Medeba; 17 (E)Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18 (F)Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 (G)Kirjathaim, (H)Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley, 20 Beth Peor, (I)the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 (J)all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, (K)whom Moses had struck (L)with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country.

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“Reuben, you are (A)my firstborn,
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you (B)went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it
He went up to my couch.

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32 So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name [a]Reuben; for she said, “The Lord has surely (A)looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:32 Lit. See, a Son

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