1 Filhos de Rubem, primogênito de Israel. Com efeito, era ele o mais velho, mas como tinha manchado o leito de seu pai, seu direito de primogenitura foi dado aos filhos de José, filho de Israel. Mas José não foi inscrito como primogênito nas genealogias.
2 Pois Judá foi poderoso entre seus irmãos e é dele que saiu o príncipe. Mas o direito de primogenitura pertence a José.
3 Filhos de Rubem, primogênito de Israel: Enoc, Falu, Esron e Carmi.
4 Filhos de Joel: Samia, seu filho, Gog, seu filho, Semei, seu filho;
5 Mica, seu filho, Reia, seu filho, Baal, seu filho,
6 Beera, seu filho, que Teglatfalasar, rei da Assíria, levou cativo. Era ele príncipe dos filhos de Rubem.
7 Irmãos de Beera, segundo suas famílias, assim como estão inscritos nas suas genealogias: o primeiro Jeiel, Zacarias,
8 Bala, filho de Azaz, filho de Sama, filho de Joel. Bala habitava em Aroer, e ia até Nebo e a Beel-Meon.
9 Ao oriente, ocupava a terra até a entrada do deserto, que vai até o Eufrates, porque seus rebanhos eram numerosos na terra de Galaad.
10 No tempo de Saul, fizeram guerra contra os agareus que tombaram entre suas mãos. Habitaram suas tendas na costa oriental de Galaad.
11 Os filhos de Galaad habitavam defronte deles na terra de Basã, até Selca.
12 Joel, o primeiro, Safã, o segundo, Janai e Safat em Basã.
13 Seus irmãos, segundo suas casas patriarcais, eram: Miguel, Mosolã, Sebe, Jorai, Jacã, Zie e Heber: sete.
14 Eles eram filhos de Abiail, filho de Huri, filho de Jara, filho de Galaad, filho de Miguel, filho de Jesesi, filho de Jedo, filho de Bus,
15 Aqui, filho de Abdiel, filho de Guni, era o chefe de sua casa patriarcal.
16 Habitavam em Galaad, em Basã e nas suas aldeias, até as extremidades das pastagens de Saron.
17 Todos foram registrados no tempo de Joatã, rei de Judá, e no tempo de Jeroboão, rei de Israel.
18 Os filhos de Rubem, de Gad, e da meia tribo de Manassés, tinham em suas fileiras homens valorosos, que traziam escudo e espada, manejavam o arco e eram muito aguerridos, em número de 44.760 homens aptos para o combate.
19 Fizeram guerra aos agareus, em Jetur, em Nafis, e em Nodab.
20 Eles venceram, e os agareus com todos os seus aliados lhes foram entregues. Durante o combate, com efeito, eles tinham invocado Deus, que os ouviu, porque eles tinham posto nele sua confiança.
21 Arrebataram seus rebanhos: 50.000 camelos, 250.000 ovelhas, 2.000 jumentos e 100.000 pessoas;
22 muitos caíram mortos, pois essa guerra vinha de Deus. Estabeleceram-se no lugar dos vencidos até o cativeiro.
23 Os filhos da meia tribo de Manassés moravam na terra desde Basã, até o Baal-Hermon, o Sanir e a montanha do Hermon; eram numerosos.
24 Eis os chefes de suas famílias patriarcais: Efer, Jesi, Eliel, Ezriel, Jeremias, Odoia e Jediel, homens valentes e poderosos, célebres chefes de suas casas patriarcais.
25 Mas foram infiéis ao Deus de seus pais, e prostituíram-se, adorando os deuses dos povos que Deus tinha destruído diante deles.
26 O Deus de Israel suscitou o espírito de Ful, rei da Assíria, e o espírito de Teglatfalasar, rei da Assíria, que levou cativos os filhos de Rubem, os filhos de Gad e a meia tribo de Manassés: ele os deportou para Hala, para Habor, para Ara e para o rio de Gozã, onde permaneceram até o dia de hoje.
1 Now the sons of Reuben 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. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:) 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. 7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah: 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler 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. 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21 And 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. 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.