It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the Lord.”

But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

His father Isaac asked, “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” he replied, “Esau!”

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him.

They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt – Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,

“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.

And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;