Salient Points concerning the Tribe of Reuben
Contents:
1. Computer Codes and France.
2. The Family of Israel.
3. The Family of Reuben.
4. Reuben and Tsarafat.
5. The Ribuari Franks.
6. Characteristics of Reuben and France.
7. Reuben in the End Times. A New Crusade?
More Articles on Reuben.
1. Computer Codes and France.
Computer Codes above show the name Tserefath (France) in Hebrew) encased by the Clan Names of Reuben. Statistically this (and hundreds - or thousands - of other such phenomen like it) cannot be by chance.
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2. The Family of Israel.
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (aka Jacob) gave rise to the Israelite People. Jacob (Israel) had 2 wives and 2 concubines who were maidservants to the wives..His first wife was Leah and her maidservants was Zilpah.
From Leah Jacob begat Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Yehudah, Issachar, Zebulon.
From Zilpah maidservant of Leah, Jacob begat Gad, and Asher,
Rachel was the second wife of Jacob and the sister of Leah. Her maidservant was Bilhah.
From Rachel Jacob begat Joseph and Benjamin.
From Bilhah maidservant of Rachel Jacob begat Dan and Naftali.
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Technically the firstborn son was Reuben. Reuben however acted improperly with Bilhah the concubine of his father.
He was therefore in a sense demoted.
1-Chronicles (TCB) 5:
1 AND THE SONS OF REUBEN, THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL, FOR HE WAS THE FIRSTBORN, BUT WHEN HE DEFILED HIS FATHER'S BED, HIS BIRTHRIGHT WAS GIVEN TO THE SONS OF JOSEPH THE SON OF ISRAEL, BUT NOT TO BE RECKONED IN THE GENEALOGY AS FIRSTBORN.
2 BECAUSE JUDAH PREVAILED OVER HIS BROTHERS, AND THE ONE APPOINTED AS PRINCE WAS TO BE FROM HIM, BUT THE BIRTHRIGHT BELONGED TO JOSEPH.
3 THE SONS OF REUBEN, THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL: HANOCH, AND PALLU, HEZRON, AND CARMI.
The Birthright was therefore given to Joseph. Judah was the leader. Reuben was technically the firstborn but not much more than that.
The Kingdom of Judah conssited of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Levi, and representatrive minorities of the other Tribes.
From them emerged the present-day People of Judah, i.e. the Jews.
Ten of the Tribes had seceded from Judah and established their own Kingdom of Israel.
This included 10 Tribes i.e. Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulon, Gad, and Asher, Dan and Naftali, and Joseph who was divided into two Tribes Ephraim and Manasseh.
All of the 10 Tribes were conquered and taken into Exile by the Assyrians.
They lost awareness of their ancestor and eventually moved to Western Europe.
1-Chronicles (TCB) 5:
3 THE SONS OF REUBEN THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL:
HANOK, PALLU, HEZRON AND KARMI.
4 THE DESCENDANTS OF JOEL:
SHEMAIAH HIS SON, GOG HIS SON,
SHIMEI HIS SON, 5 MICAH HIS SON,
REAIAH HIS SON, BAAL HIS SON,
6 AND BEERAH HIS SON,
WHOM TIGLATH-PILESER KING OF ASSYRIA TOOK INTO EXILE.
Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
Descendants of Reuben appear to have settled primarily in France.
The name for France in Hebrew is Tserefat (sometimes spelt as "Zerefat").
Descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes settled in this area and neighbouring regions.
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4. Reuben and Tsarafat.
Obadiah 1:
20 AND THE EXILES OF THIS HOST OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL,
WHO ARE AMONG THE CANAANITES AS FAR AS TSEREFAT.
Paraphrased according to the Hebrew text and the commentators the verse says:
Obadiah 1:20 AND THIS FIRST EXILE OF THE TEN TRIBES OF ISRAEL [Rashi] WHO DWELL FROM GERMANY [=CANAANITES, Iben Ezra]
AND HOLLAND [Jewish sources quoted by Calvin], EVEN UNTO FRANCE [=ZAREPHATH, Rashi, Iben Ezra, Radak, Abarbanel, Daat Sofrim]
AND ENGLAND [= ZAREPHATH, Abarbanel].
See:
England, France, and the West.
In Summary, we may say that the term "Tsarafat" as an area to which the Lost Ten Tribes went could encompass most of Western Europe including Germany prior to the 1800s. Ireland, Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Switzerland all contain substantial populations of at least partially Israelite descent. In the past this aslo included germany but most Israeite Germans migrated to the USA. Some may have remained.
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Numbers 26::
5 REUBEN WAS THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL. THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN WERE: OF HANOCH, THE FAMILY OF THE HANOCHITES; OF PALLU, THE FAMILY OF THE PALLUITES.
6 OF HEZRON, THE FAMILY OF THE HEZRONITES; OF CARMI, THE FAMILY OF THE CARMITES.
The name of Reuben means 'See-a-son.' It is recalled in the Ripuarian Franks who were also known as "Ribuari" and as "Rubi." The name Reuben is derived from the Hebrew "Rau (see) - ben (a son).
In Aramaic the word for son is "bar," thus we have the Ribuari Franks.
An inscription from east of the Jordan dating to ca. 750 BCE indicates that east of the Jordan (the homeland of Reuben) they used a dialect of mixed Aramaic and Hebrew.
France is named after the Franks.
Descendants of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
"Hanoch" means "Inauguration", or "Education"; "Phalu" means "Distinction"; "Hetzron" denotes "Dweller-of -the-Courtyard"; and "Carmi" is derivable from "Cerem" meaning "Vineyard".
The French are known for emphasis on academic proclivities. The Sorbonne university is world renown.
The French are well -known for placing an emphasis on quality in perfumes, wines, fashion, etc.
Reuben along with the Tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the Land of Israel had occupied the area east of the Jordan River. This was known as Gilead.
Joshua 22:
9 AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH RETURNED, AND DEPARTED FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF SHILOH, WHICH IS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, TO GO UNTO THE COUNTRY OF GILEAD, TO THE LAND OF THEIR POSSESSION, WHEREOF THEY WERE POSSESSED...
The early inhabitants of France were known as "Gali" and as "Galati." Galati is another form of the term "Gilead." In the Land of Israel "Gilead" was both the name of a mjaor dlan in Manasseh and ALSO to a whole area east of the Jordan including that pertaining to Reuben.
Reuben was together east of the Jordan with the Tribe of Gad and the half Tribe of Manasseh.
Gad gave rise to the Goths who were also known as "God" and as "Gad." Also in Ancient Hebrew the name "Gad" could be pronounced as "Goth."
Gad became prominent in Sweden and also among the Goths.
At one stage a branch of the Goths, the Visigoth Kingdom (400s - 700th) ruled southwestern Gaul before being pushed into Spain.
Another branch the Ostrogoths ruled parts of Italy, Switzerland, and southeast France.
As well as Gad and Reuben the half-Tribe of Manasseh was also east of the Jordan. Peresh was a clan in Manasseh.
They gave rise to the Parissi who gave their name to the city of Paris.
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6. Characteristics of Reuben and France.
Reuben is described as bringing mandrakes to his mother. Mandrakes (in Hebrew 'dudayim') are considered to have had aphrodisiacal properties or the ability to induce pregnancy. Reuben was also recorded (according to the simple meaning of the text) as acting with impropriety towards the concubine of his father (Genesis 35:22). The French are also considered to have this tendency. Paris is referred to as the city of love.
Reuben flocks and cattle, extracts from Bert Otten.
The French: much cattle
France is an agricultural nation and the French have much cattle. According to Eurostat there were 87 million heads of cattle in the 27 EU countries in 2010. In France there were 20 million cattle.
cf.
Numbers (TCB) 32:
1 THE DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN AND GAD HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF LIVESTOCK VERY NUMEROUS AND THEY SAW THE LAND OF JAZER AND THE LAND OF GILEAD, AND BEHOLD, THE PLACE WAS A PLACE FOR LIVESTOCK.Cheese Country
All these cattle (and sheep) produce about 25 million tonnes of milk and dairy products. Much of this milk is turned into cheese. France is the most important cheese country in the World.
France produces about 2 million tonnes of cheese each year (Holland 700,000 tonnes) . There are about 300 to 400 different kinds of cheeses. According to some, one kind for each day of the year (365). In France they say ‘le pays des 300 fromages’, country of the 300 cheeses. The French see cheese as part of their national identity.
Wine Country
France is Wine Country and so apparently was the territory of Reuben east of the Jordan!
...Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the VINE of SIBMAH: I will water thee with my tears, O HESHBON, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy HARVEST is fallen (Isaiah 16:8-9).
O VINE of SIBMAH, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: THY PLANTS are gone over the sea, THEY REACH EVEN to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon THY SUMMER FRUITS and upon THY VINTAGE (Jer 48:32).
cf.
Jordanian Wine
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7. Reuben in the End Times. A New Crusade?
There is a tradition (Zohar, VeYechi) that Reuben will attempt to conquer the Land of Israel.
A prototype for this encounter may have occurred during the Crusades and again have been attempted by Napoleon but from the context it is relating to the End Times.
The Crusades were mainly led by the French and were a prototype of what could take place later.
The Zohar indicates that in the Last Days Reuben will fight against Jerusalem in the Land of Israel and Reuben will be punished for this. This will be associated with a world-wide war immediately preceding the Messianic Era.
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More Articles on Reuben:
France is Reuben! Tribal Cheat-Sheet
The Tribe of Reuben (7 articles)
- Clans of Reuben
- Reuben in the End Times
- French Ruby!
- Rueben and Gad
- France is Reuben!
- Are you Reuben? -1
Reuben Snippets
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/tribelist/snippets/reubsnip.html
Ten Prophetic Clues Concerning Reuben - (Celtic) France
by Bert Otten
Bible Codes and France
http://www.britam.org/codesarticles/CodesFrance.html