Genesis 35:23 “The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Jud…”

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

World English Bible

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

American Standard Version

the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

Geneva Bible 1599

The sonnes of Leah: Reuben Iaakobs eldest sonne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Darby Translation

The sons of Leah: Reuben — Jacob's firstborn — and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Young's Literal Translation

And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Bible in Basic English

Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

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Cross references

“The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:”

Genesis 30:18–20 Genesis 29:32–35 Genesis 46:8–15 Genesis 33:2

Genesis 30:18–20 · BSB

Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Genesis 29:32–35 · BSB

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 46:8–15 · BSB

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

Genesis 33:2 · BSB

He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

Also

Exodus 1:2–4

Exodus 1:2–4 · BSB

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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:

24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

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