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32 Leah conceived and bore a son, and she named him Reuben,[a] for she said, “Because the Lord has looked on my affliction, surely now my husband will love me.”(A)

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  1. 29.32 That is, see, a son

22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.(A)

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15 He blessed Joseph and said,

“The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,(A)

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22 I now give to you one portion[a] more than to your brothers, the portion[b] that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”(A)

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  1. 48.22 Or mountain slope
  2. 48.22 Or mountain slope

Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel
    because you went up onto your father’s bed;
    then you defiled it—you[a] went up onto my couch!(A)

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  1. 49.4 Gk Syr Tg: Heb he