Person
Reuben draft
- Born
- 1758 BC
- Attested
- 1758–1701 BC
- Era
- Patriarchs, Israel in Egypt
Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32).
Family & connections
- Parents
- Siblings
- Half-siblings
- Children
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Line of descent
24 generations back to God, following the father where one is recorded.
Descendants
Three generations.
Events
- 1758 BC Birth of Reuben
- 1728 BC Joseph sold to Egypt
- 1718–1715 BC Joseph imprisoned
- 1708–1701 BC 7 years of famine
- 1706–1704 BC Joseph's brothers return to Egypt
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph, and was the means of saving his life when his other brothers would have put him to death (37:21, 22). It was he also who pledged his life and the life of his sons when Jacob was unwilling to let Benjamin go down into Egypt. After Jacob and his family went down into Egypt (46:8) no further mention is made of Reuben beyond what is recorded in ch. 49:3, 4.
In Scripture
70 verses in 9 books
- Genesis29:32; 30:14; 35:22–23; 37:21–22, 29; 42:22, 37; 46:8–9; 48:5; 49:3
- Exodus1:2; 6:14
- Numbers1:5, 20–21; 2:10, 16; 7:30; 10:18; 13:4; 16:1; 26:5; 32:1–2, 6, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37; 34:14
- Deuteronomy11:6; 27:13; 33:6
- Joshua4:12; 13:15, 23; 15:6; 18:7, 17; 20:8; 21:7, 36; 22:9–11, 13, 15, 21, 25, 30–34
- Judges5:15–16
- 1 Chronicles2:1; 5:1, 3, 18; 6:63, 78
- Ezekiel48:6–7, 31
- Revelation7:5
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