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REUBENI have decided that the next 12 words will be the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. The firstborn son of Ya'akov was Reuben. The anglicized word Reuben is a contraction of two Hebrew words. This son's name in Hebrew is re'uben. It is comprised of the word ra'ah, which means to look or see, and the word ben, which etymologically means 'to build' and is translated dominantly as 'son'. Together his name generally means 'see, a son', but in its verbal form means to look upon someone to build a fathers legacy and continue his craft. In the prophetic gathering of Ya'akov's sons in B'reshiyth 49:3-4, we are told that Reuben was born to be the 'beginning' of Ya'akov's strength, dignity, and power, but because of Reuben's weakness (an understatement) the firstborn blessing went to Yoseph (Divre HaYamim Alef 5:1) The rejection of Reuben's firstborn blessing is a grand example of the fact that the true and only seed of the woman (Messiah) follows faith and obedience.
Shalom Alecheim!
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