¶ And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, even Jacob and his sons: (A)Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

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14 ¶ These be the heads [a]of their father’s houses: the (A)sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel are Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:14 This genealogy showeth of whom Moses and Aaron came.

1 The birthright taken from Reuben and given to the sons of Joseph. 3 The genealogy of Reuben, 11 and Gad,  23 and of the half tribe of Manasseh.

The sons also of Reuben the eldest son of Israel (for he was the eldest, (A)but had defiled his father’s bed, therefore his birthright was given unto the [a]sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not reckoned after his birthright.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:1 Because they were made two tribes, they had a double portion.

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