Exodus 1:2
in Exodus 1Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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This verse in Exodus 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA recital of the names of the twelve patriarchs, as they are called, Acts vii. Their names are often repeated in scripture, that they may not sound uncouth to us, as other hard names, but that, by their occurring so frequently, they may become familiar to us; and to show how precious God's spiritual Israel are to him, and how much he delights in them.
This site's exposition
the names of the children of Israel
on Exodus 1:1-4
The book opens with the word And, so in Hebrew it reads as the next paragraph of Genesis rather than the start of something separate, and its Hebrew title is taken from this verse, Shemoth, meaning names. The list compresses Genesis 46:8 to 27, running Leah's six sons first, then Rachel's Benjamin, then the four born to Bilhah and Zilpah. Joseph is left out of the roll because he was in Egypt before any of them arrived.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. The first sons of Jacob by Leah.
Note, Those that are unmindful of their other benefactors, it is to be feared, will forget the supreme benefactor, 1 John iv. Reasons of state were suggested for their dealing hardly with Israel,
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רְאוּבֵ֣ן | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| שִׁמְע֔וֹן | shimon | Simeon | H8095 → | 44 times |
| לֵוִ֖י | levi | Levi | H3878 → | 59 times |
| וִיהוּדָֽה׃ | vihudah | and Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
רְאוּבֵ֣ןReuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
שִׁמְע֔וֹןSimeon
shimonH8095 →44 times
לֵוִ֖יLevi
leviH3878 →59 times
וִיהוּדָֽה׃and Judah
vihudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 5:1
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So…
- Leviticus 18:8
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
- 2 Samuel 20:3
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them,…
- 2 Samuel 16:21–22
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who…
- 1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonNew TestamentSimeonA righteous and devout man of Jerusalem on whom the Holy Spirit rested, promised he would not die before seeing the Lord's Christ.…
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.