Genesis 35:22 (WEB)
While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For they declare that the twelve sons of Jacob, from whom also sprung twelve tribes,— the breastplate of the high priest, which bore twelve precious stones and twelve little bells,—the twelve stones which…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxv. 22, Gen. xlix. 28.
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Aphrahat
“Reuben was the first-born of all his brethren, and through his father’s wife, (the adversary) cast a blemish upon him.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxv. 22.
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