{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7205",
  "lemma": "רְאוּבֵן",
  "transliteration": "Rᵉʼûwbên",
  "definition": "Reuben, a son of Jacob",
  "kjv": "Reuben.",
  "occurrences": 72,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7200",
      "lemma": "רָאָה",
      "transliteration": "râʼâh",
      "meaning": "to see, literally or figuratively",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7200"
    },
    {
      "id": "H1121",
      "lemma": "בֵּן",
      "transliteration": "bên",
      "meaning": "a son",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1121"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "רְאוּבֵן 71 n.pr.m. Reuben",
    "1. eldest son of Jacob and Leah",
    "2. as name of clan or tribe"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 29:32",
      "text": "Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because the LORD has looked at my affliction…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/29?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:14",
      "text": "Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:22",
      "text": "While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:23",
      "text": "The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:21",
      "text": "Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:22",
      "text": "Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:29",
      "text": "Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:22",
      "text": "Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen?…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:37",
      "text": "Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 46:8",
      "text": "These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=8"
    }
  ],
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