Parents
Jacob & Leah ( Daughter of Laban )
1st Son of Jacob & 1st Son of Leah
Tribal Name Meaning
Reuben means “See, a Son! A New Beginning.”
Prophecies
Jacob: “Reuben, you art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed: then you defiled it; he went to my couch.”
(Genesis 49:3,4)
Moses: “Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.” (Deuteronomy 33:6)
Banner Symbols
The symbol of Reuben is usually the sign of the rising sun, but more recently - as in The Temple Institutes banner above, the symbol of a blossoming plant, a mandrake plant is now used. Both the rising sun in its full strength and the blossoming plant speak of “new beginning, new anointing, new life and beauty coming forth.” They also speak of hope. No other tribe needs this symbol of hope for a new beginning more than the tribe of Reuben.
Signs iN The Heavens
Aquarius aligns with the month of Shevat and is part of The Mystery Religions of Babylon teaching that attempts to corrupt the hearts of men with the Hebrew Dli. Beware of such things little Children of the Light!
Gemstone
CARNELIAN (SARDIUS)
Exodus 28:19, 39:10; Revelation 4:3, 21:20
Carnelian
Carnelian is a translucent, hard, fine-grained variety of orangish red quartz that has often been used for ring stones and wax seals. Carnelian has been frequently discovered in excavations of the ancient tombs of royalty. A necklace more than 10 feet long and containing 670 orange-red carnelian beads was found in the tomb of a queen dating 1000 BC. A string of expertly carved carnelian beads was found in Egypt dating back to 3100 BC. Carnelian is the modern word for the stone translated as sardius in the KJV. The Greek word is sardios and is found as the 6th stone of the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:20), and in the description of the Lord in Rev 4:3. The Hebrew word odem (literally redness or red stone) is translated by some Bible scholars as sardius (today’s carnelian). Odem is the stone listed as the first stone in the breastplate in Exodus. Odem here could have been any one of several red stones known to the ancient Hebrews; the garnet or red jasper, as well as the sardius (carnelian).
Scripture References
NASB+ Search Results - 70 Verses Found, 74 Matches
Gen 29:32 Leah H3812 conceived H2029 and bore H3205 a son H1121 and named H7121 H8034 him N1 Reuben H7205 , for she said H559 , "Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has N2 R1 seen H7200 my affliction H6040a ; surely H3588 now H6258 my husband H376 will love H157 me."
Gen 30:14 Now in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105a Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 R1 mandrakes H1736 in the field H7704 , and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812 . Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812 , "Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son's H1121 mandrakes H1736 ."
Gen 35:22 It came H1961 about while Israel H3478 was dwelling H7931 in that land H776 , that R1 Reuben H7205 went H1980 and lay H7901 with Bilhah H1090a his father's H1 concubine H6370 , and Israel H3478 heard H8085 of it. Now there were twelve H8147 H6240 sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 —
Gen 35:23 R1 the sons H1121 of Leah H3812 : Reuben H7205 , Jacob's H3290 firstborn H1060 , then Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 and Judah H3063 and Issachar H3485 and Zebulun H2074 ;
Gen 37:21 But R1 Reuben H7205 heard H8085 this and rescued H5337 him out of their hands H3027 and said H559 , "Let us not N1 take H5221 his life H5315 ."
Gen 37:22 Reuben H7205 further said H559 to them, "Shed H8210 no H408 blood H1818 . Throw H7993 him into this H2088 pit H953a that is in the wilderness H4057b , but do not lay H7971 hands H3027 on him"—that he might rescue H5337 him out of their hands H3027 , to restore H7725 him to his father H1 .
Gen 37:29 Now Reuben H7205 returned H7725 to the pit H953a , and behold H2009 , Joseph H3130 was not in the pit H953a ; so he R1 tore H7167 his garments H899b .
Gen 42:22 Reuben H7205 answered H6030a them, saying H559 , " R1 Did I not tell H559 N1 you, 'Do not sin H2398 against the boy H3206 '; and you would not listen H8085 ? N2 R2 Now H1571 H2009 comes H1875 the reckoning H1875 for his blood H1818 ."
Gen 42:37 Then Reuben H7205 spoke H559 to his father H1 , saying H559 , "You may put H4191 my two H8147 sons H1121 to death H4191 if H518 I do not bring H935 him back to you; put H5414 him in my N1 care H3027 , and I will return H7725 him to you."
Gen 46:8 Now these H428 are the R1 names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 , Jacob H3290 and his sons H1121 , who went H935 to Egypt H4714 : Reuben H7205 , Jacob's H3290 firstborn H1060 .
Gen 46:9 The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 : Hanoch H2585 and Pallu H6396 and Hezron H2696 and Carmi H3756 .
Gen 48:5 "Now H6258 your two H8147 sons H1121 , who were born H3205 to you in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 before H5704 I came H935 to you in Egypt H4714 , are mine; R1 Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519 shall be mine, as R2 Reuben H7205 and Simeon H8095 are.
Gen 49:3 "Reuben H7205 , you are my firstborn H1060 ; My might H3581b and R1 the beginning H7225 of my strength H202 , N1 Preeminent H3499a in dignity H7613 and N1 preeminent H3499a in power H5794 .
Exo 1:2 Reuben H7205 , Simeon H8095 , Levi H3878 and Judah H3063 ;
Exo 6:14 These H428 are the heads H7218 of their fathers' H1 households H1004 . R1 The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 , Israel's H3478 firstborn H1060 : Hanoch H2585 and Pallu H6396 , Hezron H2696 and Carmi H3756 ; these H428 are the families H4940 of Reuben H7205 .
Num 1:5 "These H428 then are the names H8034 of the men H376 who H834 shall stand H5975 with you: R1 of Reuben H7205 , Elizur H468 the son H1121 of Shedeur H7707 ;
Num 1:20 R1 Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 , Israel's H3478 firstborn H1060 , their genealogical H8435 registration H8435 by their families H4940 , by their fathers' H1 households H1004 , according to the number H4557 of names H8034 , head H1538 by head H1538 , every H3605 male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 , whoever H3605 was able to go H3318 out to war H6635 ,
Num 1:21 their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 were 46,500 H8337a H705 H505 H2568 H3967 .
Num 2:10 "On the south H8486 side H8486 shall be the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Reuben H7205 by their armies H6635 , and the leader H5387a of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 : R1 Elizur H468 the son H1121 of Shedeur H7707 ,
Num 2:16 "The total H3605 of the numbered H6485 men of the camp H4264 of Reuben H7205 : 151,450 H3967 H505 H259 H2572 H505 H702H3967 H2572 by their armies H6635 . And R1 they shall set H5265 out second H8145 .
Num 7:30 On the fourth H7243 day H3117 it was Elizur H468 the son H1121 of Shedeur H7707 , leader H5387a of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 ;
Num 10:18 Next R1 the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Reuben H7205 , according H5921 to their armies H6635 , set H5265 out with Elizur H468 the son H1121 of Shedeur H7707 , over H5921 its army H6635 ,
Num 13:4 These H428 then were their names H8034 : from the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 , Shammua H8051 the son H1121 of Zaccur H2139 ;
Num 16:1 Now R1 Korah H7141 the son H1121 of Izhar H3324 , the son H1121 of Kohath H6955 , the son H1121 of Levi H3878 , with R2 Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48 , the sons H1121 of Eliab H446 , and On H203 the son H1121 of Peleth H6431 , sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 , took H3947 action,
Num 26:5 Reuben H7205 , Israel's H3478 firstborn H1060 , the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 : of Hanoch H2585 , the family H4940 of the Hanochites H2599 ; of Pallu H6396 , the family H4940 of the Palluites H6384a ;
Num 32:1 Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 had H1961 an R1 exceedingly H3966 large H6099 number H6099 of livestock H4735 . So when they saw H7200 the land H776 of R2 Jazer H3270 and the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , that N1 it was indeed H2009 a place H4725 suitable H4725 for livestock H4735 ,
Num 32:2 the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 came H935 and spoke H559 to Moses H4872 and to Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and to the leaders H5387a of the congregation H5712 , saying H559 ,
Num 32:6 But Moses H4872 said H559 to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and to the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 , "Shall your brothers H251 go H935 to war H4421 while you yourselves H864b sit H3427 here H6311 ?
Num 32:25 The sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 spoke H559 to Moses H4872 , saying H559 , "Your servants H5650 will do H6213a just H3512c as my lord H113 commands H6680 .
Num 32:29 Moses H4872 said H559 to them, "If H518 the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 , everyone H3605 who is armed H2502b for battle H4421 , will cross H5674a with you over H5674a the Jordan H3383 in the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 , and the land H776 is subdued H3533 before H6440 you, then you shall give H5414 them the land H776 of Gilead H1568 for a possession H272 ;
Num 32:31 The sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 answered H6030a , saying H559 , "As the LORD H3068 has said H1696 to your servants H5650 , so H3651 we will do H6213a .
Num 32:33 R1 So Moses H4872 gave H5414 to them, to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and to the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Joseph's H3130 son H1121 Manasseh H4519 , the kingdom H4467 of Sihon H5511 , king H4428 of the Amorites H567 and the kingdom H4467 of Og H5747 , the king H4428 of Bashan H1316 , the land H776 with its cities H5892b with their N1 territories H1367 , the cities H5892b of the surrounding H5439 land H776 .
Num 32:37 The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 built H1129 Heshbon H2809 and Elealeh H500 and Kiriathaim H7156 ,
Num 34:14 " R1 For the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7206 have received H3947 theirs according to their fathers' H1 households H1004 , and the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 according to their fathers' H1 households H1004 , and the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 have received H3947 their possession H5159 .
Deu 11:6 and R1 what H834 He did H6213a to Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48 , the sons H1121 of Eliab H446 , the son H1121 of Reuben H7205 , when the earth H776 opened H6475 its mouth H6310 and swallowed H1104 them, their households H1004 , their tents H168 , and R2 every H3605 living H3351 thing H3351 that N1 followed H7272 them, among H7130 all H3605 Israel H3478 —
Deu 27:13 "For the curse H7045 , these H428 shall stand H5975 on Mount H2022 Ebal H5858c : Reuben H7205 , Gad H1410 , Asher H836 , Zebulun H2074 , Dan H1835 , and Naphtali H5321 .
Deu 33:6 " R1 May Reuben H7205 live H2421a and not die H4191 , Nor H408 his men H4962 be few H4557 ."
Jos 4:12 R1 The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 crossed H5674a over H5674a in battle H2571 array H2571 before H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 , just H3512c as Moses H4872 had spoken H1696 to them;
Jos 13:15 So Moses H4872 gave H5414 an inheritance to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 according to their families H4940 .
Jos 13:23 The border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 was the N1 Jordan H3383 . This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 according to their families H4940 , the cities H5892b and their villages H2691b .
Jos 15:6 Then the border H1366 went H5927 up to Beth-hoglah H1031 , and continued H5674a on the north H6828 of Beth-arabah H1026 , and the border H1366 went H5927 up to the stone H68 of Bohan H932 the son H1121 of Reuben H7205 .
Jos 18:7 "For R1 the Levites H3881 have H369 no H369 portion H2506 among H7130 you, because H3588 the priesthood H3550 of the LORD H3068 is N1 their inheritance H5159 . Gad H1410 and Reuben H7205 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 also have received H3947 their inheritance H5159 eastward H4217 beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383 , which H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 gave H5414 them."
Jos 18:17 It extended H8388a northward H6828 and went H3318 to En-shemesh H5885 and went H3318 to Geliloth H1553 , which H834 is opposite H5227 the ascent H4608 of Adummim H131 , and it went H3381 down H3381 to the R1 stone H68 of Bohan H932 the son H1121 of Reuben H7205 .
Jos 20:8 Beyond H4480 the Jordan H3383 east H4217 of Jericho H3405 , they N1 designated H5414 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057b on the plain H4334 from the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 , and Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568 from the tribe H4294 of Gad H1410 , and Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316 from the tribe H4294 of Manasseh H4519 .
Jos 21:7 The sons H1121 of Merari H4847 according to their families H4940 N1 received twelve H8147 H6240 cities H5892b from the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 and from the tribe H4294 of Gad H1410 and from the tribe H4294 of Zebulun H2074 .
Jos 21:36 From the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 , they gave R1 Bezer H1221 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054 and Jahaz H3096 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054 ,
Jos 22:9 The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 returned H7725 home and departed H1980 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 at Shiloh H7887 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667a , to go H1980 to the R1 land H776 of Gilead H1568 , to the land H776 of their possession H272 which H834 they had possessed H270 , according H5921 to the N1 command H6310 of the LORD H3068 N2 through H3027 Moses H4872 .
Jos 22:10 When they came H935 to the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667a , the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 by the Jordan H3383 , a large H1419 altar H4196 in appearance H4758 .
Jos 22:11 And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 it N1 said H559 , "Behold H2009 , the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 have R1 built H1129 an altar H4196 at the N2 frontier H4136 of the land H776 of Canaan H3667a , in the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 , on the side H5676 belonging to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 ."
Jos 22:13 Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 to the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 , into the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , R1 Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 ,
Jos 22:15 They came H935 to the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 , to the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , and they spoke H1696 with them saying H559 ,
Jos 22:21 Then the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 answered H6030a and spoke H1696 to the heads H7218 of the N1 families H505 of Israel H3478 .
Jos 22:25 "For the LORD H3068 has made H5414 the Jordan H3383 a border H1366 between H996 us and you, you sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and sons H1121 of Gad H1410 ; you have H369 no H369 portion H2506 in the LORD H3068 ." So your sons H1121 may make our sons H1121 stop H1115 fearing H3372a the LORD H3068 .'
Jos 22:30 So when Phinehas H6372 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387a of the congregation H5712 , even the heads H7218 of the N1 families H505 of Israel H3478 who H834 were with him, heard H8085 the words H1697 which H834 the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 spoke H1696 , it pleased H3190 H5869 them.
Jos 22:31 And Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 said H559 to the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and to the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 , "Today H3117 we know H3045 that the R1 LORD H3068 is in our midst H8432 , because H834 you have not committed H4603 this H2088 unfaithful H4604 act H4604 against the LORD H3068 ; now H227 you have delivered H5337 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 from the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 ."
Jos 22:32 Then Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387a returned H7725 from the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and from the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 , from the land H776 of Gilead H1568 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667a , to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 , and brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to them.
Jos 22:33 The word H1697 pleased H3190 H5869 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 , and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 R1 blessed H1288 God H430 ; and they did not speak H559 of going H5927 up against H5921 them in war H6635 to destroy H7843 the land H776 in which H834 the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 were living H3427 .
Jos 22:34 The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 R1 called H7121 the altar H4196 Witness; "For," they said,"it is a witness H5707 between H996 us that the LORD H3068 is God H430 ."
Jdg 5:15 "And the N1 princes H8269 of Issachar H3485 were with Deborah H1683 ; As was Issachar H3485 , so H3651 was Barak H1301 ; Into the valley H6010 they rushed H7971 R1 at his N2 heels H7272 ; Among the divisions H6390 of Reuben H7205 There were great H1419 resolves H2706 of heart H3820 .
Jdg 5:16 "Why H4100 did you sit H3427 among H996 R1 the N1 sheepfolds H4942 , To hear H8085 the piping H8292 for the flocks H5739 ? Among the divisions H6390 of Reuben H7205 There were great H1419 searchings H2714 of heart H3820 .
1Ch 2:1 R1 These H428 are the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 : Reuben H7205 , Simeon H8095 , Levi H3878 , Judah H3063 , Issachar H3485 , Zebulun H2074 ,
1Ch 5:1 Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for R1 he was the firstborn H1060 , but because R2 he defiled H2490c his father's H1 bed H3326 , R3 his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 the son H1121 of Israel H3478 ; so that he is not enrolled H3187 in the genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062 .
1Ch 5:3 R1 the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 were Hanoch H2585 and Pallu H6396 , Hezron H2696 and Carmi H3756 .
1Ch 5:18 The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the Gadites H1425 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 , consisting of valiant H2428 men H1121 , men H376 who bore H5375 shield H4043 and sword H2719 and shot H1869 with bow H7198 and wereskillful H3925 in battle H4421 , were 44,760 H705 H702 H505 H7651 H3967 H8346 , who R1 went H3318 to war H6635 .
1Ch 6:63 R1 To the sons H1121 of Merari H4847 were given by lot H1486 , according to their families H4940 , from the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 , the tribe H4294 of Gad H1410 and the tribe H4294 of Zebulun H2074 , twelve H8147 H6240 cities H5892b .
1Ch 6:78 and beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383 at Jericho H3405 , on the east H4217 side H4217 of the Jordan H3383 , were given them, from the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 : Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057b with its pasture H4054 lands H4054 , Jahzah H3096 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054 ,
Eze 48:6 "Beside H5921 the border H1366 of Ephraim H669 , from the east H6921 side H6285 to the west H3220 side H6285 , R1 Reuben H7205 , one H259 portion.
Eze 48:7 "Beside H5921 the border H1366 of Reuben H7205 , from the east H6921 side H6285 to the west H3220 side H6285 , R1 Judah H3063 , one H259 portion.
Eze 48:31 N1 shall be the gates H8179 of the city H5892b , N2 R1 named H5921 H8034 for the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , three H7969 gates H8179 toward the north H6828 : the gate H8179 of Reuben H7205 , one H259 ; the gate H8179 of Judah H3063 , one H259 ; the gate H8179 of Levi H3878 , one H259 .
Rev 7:5 from the tribe G5443 of Judah G2455 , twelve G1427 thousand G5505 were sealed G4972 , from the tribe G5443 of Reuben G4502 twelve G1427 thousand G5505 , from the tribe G5443 of Gad G1045 twelve G1427 thousand G5505 ,