1 Chronicles 5:3

Contemporary English Version

Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:

Hebrew Names Version
the sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Yisra'el: Hanokh, and Pallu, Hetzron, and Karmi.

King James Version
The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

English Standard Version
the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

New Century Version
Reuben was Israel's first son. Reuben's sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

New English Translation
The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Amplified Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

New American Standard Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi.

World English Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel, were Hanoch & Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Legacy Standard Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Complete Jewish Bible
So these are the sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Isra'el: Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi.

Darby Translation
—the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi.

George Lamsa Translation
The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Good News Translation
Reuben, the oldest of Jacob's sons, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Lexham English Bible
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Literal Translation
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children now of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hesron and Charmi.

American Standard Version
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Bible in Basic English
The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes then of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel, were: Henoch, Phalu, Hezron, and Charmi.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

King James Version (1611)
The sonnes, I say, of Reuben the first borne of Israel were: Hanoch, and Pallu, Ezron, and Carmi.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi.

English Revised Version
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the sones of Ruben, the firste gendrid sone of Israel, weren Enoch, and Phallu, Esrom, and Charmy.

Update Bible Version
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Webster's Bible Translation
The sons, [I say], of Reuben the first-born of Israel [were], Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

New King James Version
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

New Living Translation
The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

New Life Bible
The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

New Revised Standard
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.

Revised Standard Version
the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

THE MESSAGE
The sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Contextual Overview

¹ Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob, but he lost his rights as the first-born son because he slept with one of his father's wives. The honor of the first-born son was then given to Joseph, even though it was the Judah tribe that became the most powerful and produced a leader. Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The descendants of Joel included Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal, and Beerah, a leader of the Reuben tribe. Later, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Beerah away as prisoner. The family records also include Jeiel, who was a clan leader, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz and grandson of Shema of the Joel clan. They lived in the territory around the town of Aroer, as far north as Nebo and Baal-Meon, and as far east as the desert just west of the Euphrates River. They needed this much land because they owned too many cattle to keep them all in Gilead. When Saul was king, the Reuben tribe attacked and defeated the Hagrites, then took over their land east of Gilead. The tribe of Gad lived in the region of Bashan, north of the Reuben tribe. Gad's territory extended all the way to the town of Salecah. Some of the clan leaders were Joel, Shapham, Janai, and Shaphat. Their relatives included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber. They were all descendants of Abihail, whose family line went back through Huri, Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo, and Buz. Ahi, the son of Abdiel and the grandson of Guni, was the leader of their clan. The people of Gad lived in the towns in the regions of Bashan and Gilead, as well as in the pastureland of Sharon. Their family records were written when Jotham was king of Judah and Jeroboam was king of Israel. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh had 44,760 soldiers trained to fight in battle with shields, swords, bows, and arrows. They fought against the Hagrites and the tribes of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. Whenever these soldiers went to war against their enemies, they prayed to God and trusted him to help. That's why the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh defeated the Hagrites and their allies. These Israelite tribes captured fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people. Many of the Hagrites died in battle, because God was fighting this battle against them. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh lived in that territory until they were taken as prisoners to Assyria. East Manasseh was a large tribe, so its people settled in the northern region of Bashan, as far north as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel were their clan leaders; they were well-known leaders and brave soldiers. The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh were unfaithful to the God their ancestors had worshiped, and they started worshiping the gods of the nations that God had forced out of Canaan. So God sent King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria to attack these Israelite tribes. The king led them away as prisoners to Assyria, and from then on, he forced them to live in Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River. ²The Descendants of Reuben Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob, but he lost his rights as the first-born son because he slept with one of his father's wives. The honor of the first-born son was then given to Joseph, even though it was the Judah tribe that became the most powerful and produced a leader. ³ Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ⁴The descendants of Joel included Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal, and Beerah, a leader of the Reuben tribe. Later, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Beerah away as prisoner. ⁷The family records also include Jeiel, who was a clan leader, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz and grandson of Shema of the Joel clan. They lived in the territory around the town of Aroer, as far north as Nebo and Baal-Meon, ⁹ and as far east as the desert just west of the Euphrates River. They needed this much land because they owned too many cattle to keep them all in Gilead. ¹⁰ When Saul was king, the Reuben tribe attacked and defeated the Hagrites, then took over their land east of Gilead. ¹¹ The tribe of Gad lived in the region of Bashan, north of the Reuben tribe. Gad's territory extended all the way to the town of Salecah. ¹² Some of the clan leaders were Joel, Shapham, Janai, and Shaphat. ¹³ Their relatives included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sons: Genesis 46:9, Exodus 6:14, Numbers 26:5-9

Hanoch: Genesis 25:4

Pallu: Genesis 46:9, Phallu, Numbers 26:5

Hezron: Genesis 46:9

Carmi: 1 Chronicles 4:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:3 - my firstborn

Cross-References

Genesis 4:25
Adam and his wife had another son. They named him Seth, because they said, "God has given us a son to take the place of Abel, who was killed by his brother Cain."

Genesis 5:3
When Adam was one hundred thirty, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children

Genesis 5:14
and died at the age of nine hundred ten.

Genesis 5:16
Mahalalel had more children

Job 14:4
There's no way a human can be completely pure.

Job 25:4
How can anyone be innocent in the sight of God?

Psalms 51:5
I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

Luke 1:35
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come down to you, and God's power will come over you. So your child will be called the holy Son of God.

John 3:6
Humans give life to their children. Yet only God's Spirit can change you into a child of God.

Romans 5:12
Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The sons, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. As in Genesis 46:9.