# H7205 רְאוּבֵן

רְאוּבֵן (Rᵉʼûwbên), Strong’s H7205: Reuben, a son of Jacob KJV: Reuben.. Occurs 72 times.

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*Rᵉʼûwbên* — Reuben, a son of Jacob

KJV: Reuben.

Built from [רָאָה râʼâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H7200) (to see, literally or figuratively) + [בֵּן bên](https://besorah.bible/word/H1121) (a son) — means “see ye a son”

Occurs 72 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רְאוּבֵן 71 n.pr.m. Reuben
- 1 eldest son of Jacob and Leah
- 2 as name of clan or tribe

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 29:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/29?v=32) — Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because the LORD has looked at my affliction…
- [Genesis 30:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=14) — Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then…
- [Genesis 35:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=22) — While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now…
- [Genesis 35:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=23) — The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- [Genesis 37:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=21) — Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”
- [Genesis 37:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=22) — 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…
- [Genesis 37:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=29) — Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
- [Genesis 42:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=22) — Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen?…
- [Genesis 42:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=37) — 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…
- [Genesis 46:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=8) — These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.