22 Now when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and [a]lay (A)with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and it came to Israel’s ear. And Jacob had twelve sons.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:22 This teacheth that the fathers were not chosen for their merits, but by God’s only mercies, whose election by their faults was not changed.

22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine(A) Bilhah,(B) and Israel heard of it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

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Thou wast light as water: thou shalt not be excellent, because (A)thou wentest up to thy father’s bed: [a]then diddest thou defile my bed, thy dignity is gone.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:4 Or, it ceased to be my bed.

Turbulent as the waters,(A) you will no longer excel,
    for you went up onto your father’s bed,
    onto my couch and defiled it.(B)

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