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Exodus 1:2

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

KJV

Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,

Vulgate

Ῥουβήν, Συμεών, Λευεί, Ἰούδας,

LXX

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

ASV

רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִ/יהוּדָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People ReubenSimeonLeviJudahLeviSimeonJudahSimeon

In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
לֵוִ֖י
lvy
noun · 60×
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
r'vbn
proper_noun · 72×
שִׁמְע֔וֹן
shm'vn
proper_noun · 44×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. See how immediately, from the very beginning, he casts down their pride, and dashes to the ground all their fond imagination, in that he speaks of himself as called. For what I have learned, says he, I discovered not myself, nor acquired by my own wisdom, but while I was persecuting and laying waste the Church I was called. Now here of Him that calls is everything: of him th…

Cross-references

  • Gen 35:22 — 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:
  • Rev 7:5 — Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.