Person of Interest

    Reuben

    meaning: who sees the son; the vision of the son

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Birth Year:1777 BC 3


Dictionary Summary:Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah ([Gen. 29:32](/gen#Gen.29.32)). His sinful conduct, referred to in [Gen. 35:22](/gen#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. 2


Father

    Israel

    meaning: who prevails with God

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Mother

    Leah

    meaning: weary; tired

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Siblings

    Issachar

    meaning: reward; recompense

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    Dinah

    meaning: judgment; who judges

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    Judah

    meaning: the praise of the Lord; confession

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    Levi

    meaning: associated with him

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    Simeon

    meaning: that hears or obeys; that is heard

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    Zebulun

    meaning: Zebulon

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Children

    Pallu

    meaning: marvelous; hidden

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    Carmi

    meaning: my vineyard; lamb of the waters

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    Hezron

    meaning: the dart of joy; the division of the song

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    Hanoch

    meaning: dedicated

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Cross References
BookCross-References
Gen
    29.32 30.14 35.22 35.23 37.21 37.22 37.29 42.22 42.37 46.8 46.9 48.5 49.3 
Exod
    1.2 6.14 
Num
    1.5 1.20 1.21 2.10 2.16 7.30 10.18 13.4 16.1 26.5 32.1 32.2 32.6 32.25 32.29 32.31 32.33 32.37 34.14 
Deut
    11.6 27.13 33.6 
Josh
    4.12 13.15 13.23 15.6 18.7 18.17 20.8 21.7 21.36 22.9 22.10 22.11 22.13 22.15 22.21 22.25 22.30 22.31 22.32 22.33 22.34 
Judg
    5.15 5.16 
1Chr
    2.1 5.1 5.3 5.18 6.63 6.78 
Ezek
    48.6 48.7 48.31 
Rev
    7.5 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.