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Reuben and Simeon (Leah’s son)
How Reuben and Simeon (Leah’s son) are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Reuben and Simeon (Leah’s son) were siblings.
Reuben and Simeon were Leah's first two sons. In Egypt, as Reuben reproached his brothers for their sin against Joseph, Joseph took Simeon and bound him before their eyes.
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah
Genesis 35:23, King James Version
Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child
Genesis 42:22, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 42:22-24
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 35:23
23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 42:22-24
22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
King James Version