1. Now the sons of Reuben —In proceeding to give this genealogy, the sacred historian states, in a parenthesis ( 1 Chronicles 5:1 ; 1 Chronicles 5:2 ), the reason why it was not placed first, as Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. The birthright, which by a foul crime he had forfeited, implied not only dominion, but a double portion ( 1 Chronicles 5:2- : ); and both of these were transferred to Joseph, whose two sons having been adopted as the children of Jacob ( 1 Chronicles 5:2- : ), received each an allotted portion, as forming two distinct tribes in Israel. Joseph then was entitled to the precedency; and yet, as his posterity was not mentioned first, the sacred historian judged it necessary to explain that "the genealogy was not to be reckoned after the birthright," but with a reference to a superior honor and privilege that had been conferred on Judah—not the man, but the tribe, whereby it was invested with the pre-eminence over all the other tribes, and out of it was to spring David with his royal lineage, and especially the great Messiah ( 1 Chronicles 5:2- : ). These were the two reasons why, in the order of enumeration, the genealogy of Judah is introduced before that of Reuben. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"
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