First name Reuben in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Reuben is the name of the firstborn son of Jacob (GEN 29:32), son of Leah. Meaning of the name: who sees the son; the vision of the son. Related names are: Gad, Israel, Manasseh . The translations of Reuben in 74 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the below, from Rubén in Spanish to روبين in Arabic!

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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. (GEN 29:32)

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. (GEN 30:14)

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: (GEN 35:22)

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (GEN 35:23)

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. (GEN 37:21)

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. (GEN 37:22)

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. (GEN 37:29)

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. (GEN 42:22)

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. (GEN 42:37)

And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. (GEN 46:8)

And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. (GEN 46:9)

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. (GEN 48:5)

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: (GEN 49:3)

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, (EXO 1:2)

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. (EXO 6:14)

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. (NUM 1:5)

And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (NUM 1:20)

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. (NUM 1:21)

On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. (NUM 2:10)

All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. (NUM 2:16)

On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: (NUM 7:30)

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. (NUM 10:18)

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. (NUM 13:4)

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: (NUM 16:1)

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: (NUM 26:5)

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; (NUM 32:1)

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, (NUM 32:2)

First name Reuben in the world's Bibles

Popularity of the name Reuben in its translations around the world

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