1 Chronicles 5: 1

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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES

CHAPTER 5

1 Now the sons of ^aReuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s ^bbed, his birthright was given unto the ^csons of ^dJoseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

Footnotes

1a	Gen. 29: 32. 32 And ^aLeah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name ^bReuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. Gen. 49: 3 (3-4) 3 ¶ ^aReuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the ^bbeginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Deut. 33: 6. 6 ¶ Let ^aReuben live, and not die; and let not his men be ^bfew.
b	TG Sexual Immorality.
c	Josh. 14: 4. 4 For the children of ^aJoseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their ^bsuburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
d	TG Israel, Joseph, People of.