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These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 14. These. From this place to verse 26, is written in a kind of parentheses: the remainder of the chapter is a recapitulation of what had been said. Calmet.—Moses intends to give his own genealogy, and the state of affairs when he began to afflict Egypt. Bible.—He mentions three tribes, which Jacob had rebuked, lest any one might think they had forfeited their title to some distinctive tribes. Menochius.
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