22 And he rose up the same night, and took his two wives, and his two maids, and his eleven children, and went over the ford Jabbok.

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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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