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Now the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel (for ^(C1)he was the firstborn, but because ^(C2)he defiled his father's bed, ^(C3)his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; so he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.

^(C1)Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and ^(C2)from him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

^(C1)the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi.

The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, ^(C1)Shimei his son,

Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

and Beerah his son, whom ^(F1)Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.

His relatives by their families, ^(C1)in the genealogy of their generations, were Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah

and Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in ^(C1)Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

Toward the east he settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, ^(C1)because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.

In the days of Saul ^(C1)they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, so that they ^(F1)occupied their tents throughout the ^(F2)land east of Gilead.