Bible Dictionary: Incest: Reuben

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Genesis 35:22
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelled 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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Genesis 49:4
Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; then defiled you it: he went up to my couch.
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Library

Chapter xliii
... The negative aspect of the case is this: Reuben had forfeited his pre-eminence by
incest (Genesis 35:22); Simeon was incarcerated; Levi had displayed cruel ...
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Chapter xlix
... If any did not, here the father makes specific mention of the crime of incest reported
Genesis 35:22. At that time Jacob did not score Reuben's sin, if we are ...
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Chapter xlvii
... was grieved by the rape of his daughter Dinah and by the murder perpetrated by his
sons, Simeon and Levi, was deeply pained by Reuben's incest, and grieved ...
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Chapter xxxvii
... For Reuben had sacrificed his claim by incest. Simeon and Levi were poor
candidates for leaders because of their headstrong cruelty. ...
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The Covenant of Works
... IV. Sin is evil in its effects. [1] Sin has degraded us of our honour. Reuben by
incest lost his dignity; and though he was the first-born, he could not excel. ...
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The Nations of the South-East
... It was said that the two peoples were the offspring of incest, and the cave was ... Reuben
was enabled to pasture his flocks in peace in its valleys, and it is ...
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Book 1 Footnotes:
... Without such an unavoidable necessity, incest is a horrid crime; but whether in
such a case of ... Paul's exposition in the Testament of Reuben, sect.6, in Authent ...
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They Shall be Called the Children of God
... fault. Reuben for incest lost the prerogative of his birthright (Genesis
49:4). What is the reason parents disinherit their children? ...
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Faustus States his Objections to the Morality of the Law and the ...
... and condemns its violation, the judgment in this case is not what it would have
been if Lot had been prompted by a criminal passion to commit incest with his ...
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The Immutability of God
... Then Reuben goes up to his couch and pollutes it; Judah commits incest with his
own daughter-in-law; and all his sons become a plague to him. ...
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Subtopics

Incest: Defined and Forbidden

Incest: Herod (Antipas)

Incest: Isaac With Rebekah

Incest: Jacob With Leah and Rachel

Incest: Judah

Incest: Lot With his Daughters