Reuben (son of Jacob)

"Reuven" redirects here. For people with the name, see Reuven (name). For the suburb of Johannesburg, see Reuven, Gauteng.
Reuben
רְאוּבֵן
PronunciationRəʾuven
Born1569 BC (15 Kislev, AM 2192 or AM 2193)
Paddan Aram[1]
Died1445 BC or 1444 BC (AM 2317 or AM 2318) (aged 125)
Resting placeTomb of Reuben, Israel[2]
31°55′46″N 34°44′02″E / 31.92944°N 34.73389°E / 31.92944; 34.73389
SpouseEliuram
Children
  • Hanok (son)
  • Pallu (son)
  • Hezron (son)
  • Karmi (son)[3]
Parents
RelativesSimeon (brother)
Levi (brother)
Judah (brother)
Dan (half brother)
Naphtali (half brother)
Gad (half brother)
Asher (half brother)
Issachar (brother)
Zebulun (brother)
Dinah (sister)
Joseph (half brother)
Benjamin (half brother)
Rachel (aunt/stepmother)

Reuben or Reuven (Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן, Standard Rəʾūven, Tiberian Rŭʾūḇēn)[4] was the first of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's oldest son), according to the Book of Genesis. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Reuben.

  1. ^ Genesis 35:26
  2. ^ Meron Benvenisti (2000). Sacred Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land since 1948. Translated by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23422-7. Retrieved Oct 19, 2018.
  3. ^ Genesis 46:9
  4. ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.