Exodus 1:1

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Summary

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

General references

Bible References

General references

These are the heads of their fathers’ families:

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:
Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
These are the clans of Reuben.

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

With her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt:

Jacob’s firstborn: Reuben.

Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my strength and the firstfruits of my virility,
excelling in prominence, excelling in power.

These were Israel’s sons:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

The numbers of the armed troops who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, according to the Lord’s word, were as follows:

The following were in charge of the tribes of Israel:
For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official;
for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;

And I heard the number of those who were sealed:

144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites: