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1 Chronicles 5:1 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 5 · verse 1
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.1 Chronicles 5:1 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 5:1 in context
1Now 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.
2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
3The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- birthrightbᵉkôwrâhthe firstling of man or beastH1062 →
- firstbornbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- defiledchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- ReubenRᵉʼûwbênReuben, a son of JacobH7205 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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We have here an extract out of the genealogies, I. Of the tribe of Reuben, where we have, 1. The reason why this tribe is thus postponed. It is confessed that Reuben was the first-born of Israel, and, upon that account, might challenge the precedency;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17