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    Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob and Leah, who lost his birthright through sin but was still blessed with fruitfulness and included in Israel's tribal inheritance.

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    Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob and Leah, who lost his birthright through sin but was still blessed with fruitfulness and included in Israel's tribal inheritance.

    "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." Genesis 35:22 (KJV)

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    "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."
    "And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. 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."
    "Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch."

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