Quotes about Reuben
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 29:32
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
— Genesis 30:14
While 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:
— Genesis 35:22
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
— Genesis 37:21
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
— Genesis 37:22
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
— Genesis 37:29
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
— Genesis 42:22
Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
— Genesis 42:37
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
— Genesis 46:8
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
— Genesis 46:9
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
— Genesis 49:3
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
— Exodus 6:14