Kejadian 29:32

29:32 So Leah became pregnant ¹  and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, ²  for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. ³  Surely my husband will love me now.”

Kejadian 46:9

46:9 The sons of Reuben:

Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Keluaran 6:13

6:13 The Lord spoke ⁴  to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge ⁵  for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

Bilangan 26:5-11

Reuben

26:5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from ⁶  Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 26:6 from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 26:7 These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. ⁷  26:8 Pallu’s descendant ⁸  was Eliab. 26:9 Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers ⁹  of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord. 26:10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning. 26:11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.

[29:32]  ¹ tn Or “Leah conceived” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35).

[29:32]  ² sn The name Reuben (רְאוּבֵן, rÿ’uven) means “look, a son.”

[29:32]  ³ tn Heb “looked on my affliction.”

[29:32]  sn Leah’s explanation of the name Reuben reflects a popular etymology, not an exact one. The name means literally “look, a son.” Playing on the Hebrew verb “look,” she observes that the Lord has “looked” with pity on her oppressed condition. See further S. R. Driver, Genesis, 273.

[6:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “And Yahweh spoke.”

[6:13]  ⁵ tn The term וַיְצַוֵּם (vayÿtsavvem) is a Piel preterite with a pronominal suffix on it. The verb צָוָה (tsavah) means “to command” but can also have a much wider range of meanings. In this short summary statement, the idea of giving Moses and Aaron a commission to Israel and to Pharaoh indicates that come what may they have their duty to perform.

[26:5]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text has no preposition here, but one has been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 23, 30, 31, 32.

[26:7]  ⁷ sn The Reubenites had decreased from 46,500 to 43,730.

[26:8]  ⁸ tc The MT has “and the sons of Pallu.”

[26:9]  ⁹ tn Or “company” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); Heb “congregation.”