Now the sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Reuben
R'uwben (reh-oo-bane')
see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob -- Reuben.
the firstborn
bkowr (bek-ore')
firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
for he was the firstborn
bkowr (bek-ore')
firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
but forasmuch as he defiled
chalal (khaw-lal')
to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
his father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
bed
yatsuwa` (yaw-tsoo'-ah)
spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively) -- bed, chamber, couch.
his birthright
bkowrah (bek-o-raw')
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture -- birthright, firstborn(-ling).
was given
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
unto the sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Joseph
Yowceph (yo-safe')
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites -- Joseph.
the son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
and the genealogy is not to be reckoned
yachas (yaw-khas')
to sprout; to enroll by pedigree -- (number after, number throughout the) genealogy (to be reckoned), be reckoned by genealogies.
after the birthright
bkowrah (bek-o-raw')
the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture -- birthright, firstborn(-ling).
