1 Chronicles 5:1
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
בְּכוֹרָה
bᵉkôwrâh
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
בְּכוֹרָה
bᵉkôwrâh
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּכוֹרָה bᵉkôwrâh
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
Study H1062 →בְּכוֹרָה bᵉkôwrâh
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
Study H1062 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Study H2930 →מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Study H4904 →Cross References
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and ...
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall se...
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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