Footnotes ?
a Gen. 49:3 (3-4)
3 aReuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
a 1 Chr. 5:1 (1-2)
1 Now the sons of aReuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
a Ezek. 48:31
31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of cReuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
b Num. 1:21