Genesis

Genesis 35:22

²²While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
While	וַיְהִ֗י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
was living	בִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן	biš·kōn	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7931 settle down, abide, dwell
in that	הַהִ֔וא	ha·hi·w	Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
region	בָּאָ֣רֶץ	bā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
Reuben	רְאוּבֵ֔ן	rə·’ū·ḇên	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7205 Reuben
went in	וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and slept with	וַיִּשְׁכַּ֕ב֙	way·yiš·kaḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7901 lie down
his father’s	אָבִ֑֔יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
concubine	פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ	pî·le·ḡeš	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6370 concubine
Bilhah	בִּלְהָ֖ה֙	bil·hāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1090 Bilhah
and Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽ֑ל פ	yiś·rå̄·ʾēl p̄	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
heard about it	וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע	way·yiš·ma‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
Jacob had	יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
twelve	שְׁנֵ֥ים	šə·nêm	Number - md	H8147 two
sons	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son

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1 Chronicles 5:1 · Leviticus 18:8 · Genesis 49:1–28 · 2 Samuel 20:3 · 1 Corinthians 5:1 · 2 Samuel 16:21–22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.