Person

Reuben

Name means
who sees the son; the vision of the son
Lived
born c. 1757 BC
Belongs to
Tribe of Reuben
Mentioned
70 verses · first in Genesis 29:32

Family

GrandparentsIsaacRebekahLaban
ParentsIsraelLeah
Reuben
ChildrenPalluCarmiHezronHanoch
Brothers & sistersIssacharDinahJudahLeviSimeonZebulunAsherBenjaminDanGadJosephNaphtali

About Reuben

Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph, and was the means of saving his life when his other brothers would have put him to death (37:21, 22). It was he also who pledged his life and the life of his sons when Jacob was unwilling to let Benjamin go down into Egypt. After Jacob and his family went down into Egypt (46:8) no further mention is made of Reuben beyond what is recorded in ch. 49:3, 4.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

On the timeline

  1. 1757 BCBirth of ReubenGenesis 29:32
  2. 1727 BCJoseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36
  3. 1717 BCJoseph imprisonedGenesis 39:20–23
  4. 1707 BC7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–57
  5. 1705 BCJoseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–34
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Every mention

Genesis 29:32, 30:14, 35:22–23, 37:21–22, 37:29, 42:22, 42:37, 46:8–9, 48:5, 49:3
Exodus 1:2, 6:14
Numbers 1:5, 1:20–21, 2:10, 2:16, 7:30, 10:18, 13:4, 16:1, 26:5, 32:1–2, 32:6, 32:25, 32:29, 32:31, 32:33, 32:37, 34:14
Deuteronomy 11:6, 27:13, 33:6
Joshua 4:12, 13:15, 13:23, 15:6, 18:7, 18:17, 20:8, 21:7, 21:36, 22:9–11, 22:13, 22:15, 22:21, 22:25, 22:30–34
Judges 5:15–16
1 Chronicles 2:1, 5:1, 5:3, 5:18, 6:63, 6:78
Ezekiel 48:6–7, 48:31
Revelation 7:5

People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.