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The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father`s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph`s:)
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the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, 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 Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
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His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
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and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-meon:
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and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
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In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the [land] east of Gilead.