²⁰ And the sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

⁵ Reuben, first-born of Israel -- sons of Reuben: `of' Hanoch `is' the family of the Hanochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite;

⁶ of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite.

⁷ These `are' families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben `is' southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben `is' Elizur son of Shedeur;

¹¹ and his host, and its numbered ones, `are' six and forty thousand and five hundred.

³² and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'

⁹ And sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

³ Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

⁴ Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!

¹ As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel -- for he `is' the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and `he is' not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,