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1 Chronicles 5:1-2
Birthright and royal rule
The Eastern Tribes and the Priestly Line · 1 Chronicles 5
Story guide: An anonymous elder considers household records. Reuben’s lost birthright and Judah’s royal line introduce the family records.
Open this scene in the reader →1The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel—for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, though not to be enrolled by birthright—
2For Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the ruler, though the birthright belonged to Joseph.
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