Genesis 35:22-26
1599 Geneva Bible
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.
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben Jacob’s eldest son, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born him in Padan Aram.
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- 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.
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