2. though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
3. the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel wereHanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi.
4. The sons of Joel wereShemaiah 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 the king of Assyria led into exile. He was a leader of the Reubenites.
7. His brothers according to their families by the registration of their generations wereJeiel, the first, and Zechariah;
8. Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.
9. And he dwelt toward the east as far as the entrance to the wilderness from the Euphrates, for their cattle were abundant in the land of Gilead.
10. Now in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, and they dwelt in their tents over all the eastern plains of Gilead.