2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)In these verses we have, 1. A recital of the names of the twelve patriarchs , as they are called, Acts 7:8. Their names are often repeated in scripture, that they may not sound uncouth to us, as other hard names, but that, by their occurring so frequently, they may become familiar to us; and to show how precious God’s spiritual Israel are to him, and how much he delights in them. 2. The account wh…
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