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Now the sons[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] the firstborn[H1060] of Israel[H3478],(for he was the firstborn[H1060]; but, forasmuch as he defiled[H2490] his father's bed[H3326], his birthright[H1062] was given[H5414] unto the sons[H1121] of Joseph[H3130] the son[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned[H3187] after the birthright[H1062].
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For Judah[H3063]prevailed[H1396] above his brethren[H251], and of him came the chief ruler[H5057]; but the birthright[H1062] was Joseph's:)
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The sons[H1121], I say, of Reuben[H7205] the firstborn[H1060] of Israel[H3478] were, Hanoch[H2585], and Pallu[H6396], Hezron[H2696], and Carmi[H3756].
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The sons[H1121] of Joel[H3100]; Shemaiah[H8098] his son[H1121], Gog[H1463] his son[H1121], Shimei[H8096] his son[H1121],
5Micah[H4318] his son[H1121], Reaia[H7211] his son[H1121], Baal[H1168] his son[H1121],
6Beerah[H880] his son[H1121], whom Tilgathpilneser[H8407]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] carried away[H1540] captive: he was prince[H5387] of the Reubenites[H7206].
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And his brethren[H251] by their families[H4940], when the genealogy[H3187] of their generations[H8435] was reckoned[H3187], were the chief[H7218], Jeiel[H3273], and Zechariah[H2148],
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And Bela[H1106] the son[H1121] of Azaz[H5811], the son[H1121] of Shema[H8087], the son[H1121] of Joel[H3100], who dwelt[H3427] in Aroer[H6177], even unto Nebo[H5015] and Baalmeon[H1186]:
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And eastward[H4217] he inhabited[H3427] unto the entering[H935] in of the wilderness[H4057] from the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578]: because their cattle[H4735] were multiplied[H7235] in the land[H776] of Gilead[H1568].
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And in the days[H3117] of Saul[H7586] they made[H6213]war[H4421] with the Hagarites[H1905], who fell[H5307] by their hand[H3027]: and they dwelt[H3427] in their tents[H168]throughout[H6440] all the east[H4217] land of Gilead[H1568].
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And the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410]dwelt[H3427] over against them, in the land[H776] of Bashan[H1316] unto Salchah[H5548]:
12Joel[H3100] the chief[H7218], and Shapham[H8223] the next[H4932], and Jaanai[H3285], and Shaphat[H8202] in Bashan[H1316].
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And their brethren[H251] of the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1] were, Michael[H4317], and Meshullam[H4918], and Sheba[H7652], and Jorai[H3140], and Jachan[H3275], and Zia[H2127], and Heber[H5677], seven[H7651].
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These are the children[H1121] of Abihail[H32] the son[H1121] of Huri[H2359], the son[H1121] of Jaroah[H3386], the son[H1121] of Gilead[H1568], the son[H1121] of Michael[H4317], the son[H1121] of Jeshishai[H3454], the son[H1121] of Jahdo[H3163], the son[H1121] of Buz[H938];
15Ahi[H277] the son[H1121] of Abdiel[H5661], the son[H1121] of Guni[H1476], chief[H7218] of the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1].
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And they dwelt[H3427] in Gilead[H1568] in Bashan[H1316], and in her towns[H1323], and in all the suburbs[H4054] of Sharon[H8289], upon their borders[H8444].
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All these were reckoned by genealogies[H3187] in the days[H3117] of Jotham[H3147]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and in the days[H3117] of Jeroboam[H3379]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
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The sons[H1121] of Reuben[H7205], and the Gadites[H1425], and half[H2677] the tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519], of valiant men[H2428], men[H582] able to bear[H5375]buckler[H4043] and sword[H2719], and to shoot[H1869] with bow[H7198], and skilful[H3925] in war[H4421], were four[H702] and forty[H705]thousand[H505]seven[H7651]hundred[H3967] and threescore[H8346], that went out[H3318] to the war[H6635].
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And they made[H6213]war[H4421] with the Hagarites[H1905], with Jetur[H3195], and Nephish[H5305], and Nodab[H5114].
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And they were helped[H5826] against them, and the Hagarites[H1905] were delivered[H5414] into their hand[H3027], and all that were with them: for they cried[H2199] to God[H430] in the battle[H4421], and he was intreated[H6279] of them; because they put their trust[H982] in him.
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And they took away[H7617] their cattle[H4735]; of their camels[H1581]fifty[H2572]thousand[H505], and of sheep[H6629] two hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572]thousand[H505], and of asses[H2543] two thousand[H505], and of men[H120] an hundred[H3967]thousand[H505].
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For there fell[H5307] down many[H7227]slain[H2491], because the war[H4421] was of God[H430]. And they dwelt[H3427] in their steads until the captivity[H1473].
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And the children[H1121] of the half[H2677]tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519]dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776]: they increased[H7235] from Bashan[H1316] unto Baalhermon[H1179] and Senir[H8149], and unto mount[H2022]Hermon[H2768].
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And these were the heads[H7218] of the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1], even Epher[H6081], and Ishi[H3469], and Eliel[H447], and Azriel[H5837], and Jeremiah[H3414], and Hodaviah[H1938], and Jahdiel[H3164], mighty[H1368]men[H582] of valour[H2428], famous[H8034]men[H582], and heads[H7218] of the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1].
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And they transgressed[H4603] against the God[H430] of their fathers[H1], and went a whoring[H2181]after[H310] the gods[H430] of the people[H5971] of the land[H776], whom God[H430]destroyed[H8045]before[H6440] them.
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And the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] stirred up[H5782] the spirit[H7307] of Pul[H6322]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and the spirit[H7307] of Tilgathpilneser[H8407]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and he carried them away[H1540], even the Reubenites[H7206], and the Gadites[H1425], and the half[H2677]tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519], and brought[H935] them unto Halah[H2477], and Habor[H2249], and Hara[H2024], and to the river[H5104]Gozan[H1470], unto this day[H3117].