22 Now when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and [a]lay (A)with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and it came to Israel’s ear. And Jacob had twelve sons.

23 The sons of Leah: Reuben Jacob’s eldest son, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:22 This teacheth that the fathers were not chosen for their merits, but by God’s only mercies, whose election by their faults was not changed.

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