Tribe of Reuben

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Israelite tribe biblical tribe

The Tribe of Reuben was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s eldest son Reuben and settled east of the Jordan River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israelite tribe ⓘ
biblical tribe ⓘ
ancestor Reuben ⓘ
associatedWith Reubenite cities east of the Jordan ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Joshua ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
biblicalPatriarchAsEponym Reuben ⓘ
blessedBy Jacob ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
borderedBy Jordan River ⓘ
campPositionInWilderness on the south side of the Tabernacle ⓘ
ethnoreligiousIdentity Israelites ⓘ
surface form: Israelite
founderTradition Reuben ⓘ
surface form: Reuben son of Jacob
groupedWithInCamp Tribe of Gad ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon ⓘ
language Hebrew (ancient) ⓘ
mentionedIn Divrei Hayamim ⓘ
surface form: Book of 1 Chronicles

Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges

Book of Numbers ⓘ
namedAfter Reuben ⓘ
neighboringTribe Tribe of Gad ⓘ
Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
partOf Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ
region Gilead (part) ⓘ
Mishor (plateau) ⓘ
surface form: Mishor (plateau) east of the Dead Sea
relatedEthnicGroup Israelites ⓘ
religion Yahwism ⓘ
roleInConquestTradition eastern tribal allotment ⓘ
roleInExodusTradition participant tribe ⓘ
sacredText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
symbolicRoleInBlessings firstborn tribe ⓘ
traditionallyDescendedFrom Reuben ⓘ
traditionalStatus lost tribe in later history ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Transjordan

east of the Jordan River ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israel → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
Leah → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
Tribe of Judah → borderedBy → Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon → borderedBy → Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
Twelve Tribes of Israel → hasMember → Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
Reuben → tribeEponym → Tribe of Reuben ⓘ