32 Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and named him [a]Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has [b](A)seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

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  1. Genesis 29:32 I.e., see, a son
  2. Genesis 29:32 Lit looked at

32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(A) She named him Reuben,[a](B) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.(C) Surely my husband will love me now.”

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  1. Genesis 29:32 Reuben sounds like the Hebrew for he has seen my misery; the name means see, a son.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;

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(A)May Reuben live and not die,
Nor may his people be few.”

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“Let Reuben live and not die,
    nor[a] his people be few.”(A)

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:6 Or but let

from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

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From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,

from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,

from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

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