1 Chronicles 5:1-10
1599 Geneva Bible
5 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.
1 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.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came [b]the prince, but the birthright was Joseph’s)
3 (B)The sons of Reuben the eldest son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, and Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, and Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son: whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria [c]carried away, he was a prince of the Reubenites.
7 And when his brethren in their families reckoned the genealogy of their generations, Jeiel and Zechariah were the chief,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, which dwelt in [d]Aroer even unto Nebo and Baal Meon.
9 Also Eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river [e]Perath: for they had much cattle in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they warred with the [f]Hagrites, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tents in all the East parts of Gilead.
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- 1 Chronicles 5:1 Because they were made two tribes, they had a double portion.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2 That is, he was the chiefest of all the tribes according to Jacob’s prophecy, Gen. 49:8, and because Christ should come of him.
- 1 Chronicles 5:6 To wit, in the time of Uzziah King of Israel, 2 Kings 15:23.
- 1 Chronicles 5:8 These places were beyond Jordan toward the East in the land given to the Reubenites.
- 1 Chronicles 5:9 Or, Euphrates.
- 1 Chronicles 5:10 The Ishmaelites that came of Hagar Abraham’s concubine.
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