Reuben in Summary

Salient Points concerning the Tribe of Reuben

Computer Codes shows the name Tserefath (France in Hebrew) encased by the Clan Names of Reuben.

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.
Technically the firstborn son was Reuben. Reuben however acted improperly with Bilhah the concubine of his father.

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.
Ten of the Tribes seceded from Judah and established their own Kingdom of Israel.
It included Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulon, Gad, and Asher, Dan and Naftali, and Joseph who was divided to 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.

Levi, Yehudah, and Benjamin, and minorities elements from the other Tribes remained in the Kingdom of Judah.
From them emerged the present-day People of Judah, i.e. the Jews.

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.

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].

Descendants of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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 they used a dialect of mixed Aramaic and Hebrew.

France is named after the Franks.
"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 their fine wines.
In the land of Israel the area east of the Jordan including that of of Reuben was known for wine and beef.

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.

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."

There is a tradition 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.

Reuben was together east of the Jrdan 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.

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.

Boeuf – beef – steak of beef – le bifteck

tically French is also connected with the ‘flesh’ of ‘cattle’. The bull in French is le boeuf,” boeuf became beef in English; when you eat a ‘bit’, a ‘stick’ or a ‘steak’ of it, it gives a steak of beef. This became biefstuk in Dutch and the word moved back to French as le bifteck.

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.

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