Genesis 49:3
Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:
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Genesis 49:3
Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:
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Genesis 9:25
Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
Leviticus 18:8
And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
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Genesis 27:15
And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:
Genesis 29:26
And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
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Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?
Genesis 25:34
Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.
Genesis 27:32
And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.
Genesis 27:37
And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?
Genesis 29:31
Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
Genesis 36:15
These were the chiefs among the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's first son: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
Genesis 38:6
And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
Genesis 49:8
To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.
Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;
Genesis 49:28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.
Deuteronomy 21:16
Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:
1 Chronicles 5:2
Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
Hosea 12:3
In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
Matthew 1:2
The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;
Hebrews 12:16
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
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Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.
Genesis 30:7
And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.
Genesis 30:8
And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:9
When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 30:10
And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.
Genesis 30:11
And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.
Genesis 30:12
And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.
Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.
Genesis 30:20
And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.
Deuteronomy 27:13
And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
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Genesis 30:14
Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.
Genesis 37:21
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
Genesis 42:22
And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.
Genesis 42:37
And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.
Genesis 43:14
And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.
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Genesis 31:6
And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,
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Genesis 35:23
Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.
Exodus 1:2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Exodus 1:3
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Exodus 1:4
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Exodus 1:5
All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.
Numbers 1:2
Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
Numbers 1:5
These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
Revelation 7:5
Of the tribe of Judah were marked twelve thousand: of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand: of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand:
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Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:
Genesis 49:15
And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.
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Exodus 4:23
And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.
1 Chronicles 2:42
And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.
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Numbers 1:21
Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
Numbers 2:11
The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
Numbers 2:16
The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
Numbers 10:18
Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 26:7
These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
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Deuteronomy 26:14
No part of these things has been used for food in a time of weeping, or put away when I was unclean, or given for the dead: I have given ear to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all you have given me orders to do.
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Joshua 13:15
And Moses gave their heritage to the tribe of Reuben by their families.
Joshua 13:16
Their limit was from Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land by Medeba;
Joshua 13:17
Heshbon and all her towns in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;
Joshua 13:18
And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath;
Joshua 13:19
And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mountain of the valley;
Joshua 13:20
And Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth;
Joshua 13:21
And all the towns of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses overcame, together with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the chiefs of Sihon, who were living in the land.
Ezekiel 48:6
And on the limit of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one part.
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Numbers 32:31
Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.
Numbers 32:32
We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.
Joshua 22:1
Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua 22:2
And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do:
Joshua 22:3
You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God.
Joshua 22:4
And now the Lord your God has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back to your tents, to the land of your heritage, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you on the other side of Jordan.
Joshua 22:5
Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.
Joshua 22:6
Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.
Joshua 22:7
Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a heritage in Bashan; but to the other half, Joshua gave a heritage among their brothers on the west side of Jordan. Now when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he gave them his blessing,
Joshua 22:8
And said to them, Go back with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and gold and brass and iron, and with a very great store of clothing; give your brothers a part of the goods taken in the war.
Joshua 22:9
So Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back, parting from the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their heritage which had been given to them by the Lord's order to Moses.
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1 Samuel 2:4
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
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1 Kings 18:42
So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.
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1 Chronicles 26:10
And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);
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Job 13:11
Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?
Job 40:6
Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Job 40:16
His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
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Job 20:22
Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
Proverbs 17:7
Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.
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Psalms 62:4
Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
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Psalms 78:44
So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.
Psalms 78:50
He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.
Psalms 105:34
At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered,
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Isaiah 14:30
And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.
Revelation 6:8
And I saw a grey horse, and the name of him who was seated on it was Death; and Hell came after him. And there was given to them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to put to destruction by the sword, and by taking away their food, and by death, and by the beasts of the earth.
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Jeremiah 31:10
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
Jeremiah 31:11
For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.
Jeremiah 31:12
So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:13
Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:14
I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
Micah 5:3
For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.
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Micah 6:7
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?
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1 Corinthians 11:9
And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.
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1 Thessalonians 1:2
We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;
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Romans 4:13
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Philippians 3:14
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 1:6
And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.
Hebrews 12:23
To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
Revelation 1:6
And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
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James 5:17
Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.
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