1Now the sons of Re’uven [Behold a Son] the firstborn of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Yosef [(God) He Shall Add] the son of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2For Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Yosef [(God) He Shall Add]'s:) 3The sons, [I say], of Re’uven [Behold a Son] the firstborn of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [were], Hanokh [Dedicated], and Pallu [Distinguished], Hetzron [surrounded by a wall], and Karmi [Fruitful, Noble]. 4The sons of Yo’el [Yehovah is God]; Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] his son, Gog [mountain] his son, Shime’i [Fame] his son, 5Mikhay’hu [Who is Like God?] his son, Re’ayah [Yehovah has seen] his son, Ba’al [lord (a false god)] his son, 6Be’erah [well] his son, whom Tigat-Piln’eser [you will uncover the wonderful bond] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Re’uveni [behold, a son!]. 7And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, [were] the chief, Ye’i’el [God sweeps away], and Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], 8And Bela [Destruction] the son of ‘Azaz [strong], the son of Sh’ma [Hear], the son of Yo’el [Yehovah is God], who dwelt in ‘Aeo’er [Ruins], even unto Nevo [Prophet] and Ba’al-M’on [lord of the Habitation]: 9And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates (to break forth, to gush): because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region]. 10And in the days of Sha’ul [desired] they made war with the Hagri’im [wanderer], who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east [land] of Gil’ad [Rocky Region].

11And the children of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan [Fruitful] unto Salkhah [Migration]: 12Yo’el [Yehovah is God] the chief, and Shafam [bold] the next, and Yanai [whom Yehovah answers], and Shafat [He Has Judged] in Bashan [Fruitful]. 13And their brethren of the house of their fathers [were], Mikha’el [Who is Like God?], and Meshulam [friend], and Sh’va [Yehovah contends] [Seven], and Yorai [Yehovah has taught me], and Ya’kan [troublesome], and Zia, and Hever [Comrade], seven. 14These [are] the children of Avichayil [Father of Strength] the son of Huri [linen-weaver], the son of Yaroach [new moon], the son of Gil’ad [Rocky Region], the son of Mikha’el [Who is Like God?], the son of Yeshishai [my old one], the son of Yachdo [His unity], the son of Buz [contempt]; 15Achi [my brother] the son of ‘Avdi’el [servant of God], the son of Guni [meaning disputed], chief of the house of their fathers. 16And they dwelt in Gil’ad [Rocky Region] in Bashan [Fruitful], and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon [a plain], upon their borders. 17All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Toram [Yehovah is Perfect] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and in the days of Yarov’am [the people will contend] king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

18The sons of Re’uven [Behold a Son], and the Gadi [my fortune] [A Troop], and half the tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget], of valiant men, men able to bear buckler (round shielf held with a grip) and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, [were] four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19And they made war with the Hagri’im [wanderer], with Y’turn [enclosed], and Nafish [refreshment], and Nodav [nobility]. 20And they were helped against them, and the Hagri’im [wanderer] were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. 22For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

23And the children of the half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan [Fruitful] unto Ba’al-Hermon [lord of distruction] and S’nir [snow mountain], and unto mount Hermon [A Sanctuary]. 24And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even ‘Efer [a calf], and Yish’i [He saves me], and Eli’el [my God is God], and ‘Azri’el [my help is God], and Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed], and Hodavyah [praise you Yehovah], and Yachdi’el [my unity is God], mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.

25And they transgressed against the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] destroyed before them. 26And the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] stirred up the spirit of Pul [distinguishing] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), and the spirit of Tigat-Piln’eser [you will uncover the wonderful bond] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), and he carried them away, even the Re’uveni [behold, a son!], and the Gadi [my fortune] [A Troop], and the half tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget], and brought them unto Halach [painful], and Havor [joining], and Hara [mountain land], and to the river Gozan [a cutting off], unto this day.