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' households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"

With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt -- Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul's place, in accordance with the Lord's decree:

The officers of the Israelite tribes: Eliezer son of Zikri was the leader of the Reubenites, Shephatiah son of Maacah led the Simeonites,

Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel: