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Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob (Genesis ch.29) and ancestor of the Israelite tribe that bears his name. He played a part in the saving of his half-brother Joseph (see Genesis ch.37).

The inheritance of the tribe of Reuben was in the Transjordan (Numbers ch.32).

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