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לראובן. החל מהבכור כטעם ולא להתיחס לבכורה: OF REUBEN. Scripture begins with Jacob’s first-born,14Even though Jacob took away Reuben’s birthright. See Gen. 49:3,4. as it is stated, yet not so that he was to be reckoned in the genealogy as first-born (I Chron. 5:1).15I Chronicles explains that even though Reuben lost his birthright to Joseph, he was always to be reckoned as the first-born as far as genealogy was concerned.