2. for Yehuḏah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Yosĕph’s –
3. the sons of Re’uḇĕn the first-born of Yisra’ĕl: Ḥanoḵ and Pallu, Ḥetsron and Karmi.
4. The sons of Yo’ĕl: Shemayah his son, Gog̅ his son, Shim‛i his son,
5. Miḵah his son, Re’ayah his son, Ba‛al his son,
6. and Be’ĕrah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser sovereign of Ashshur took into exile. He was leader of the Re’uḇĕnites.
7. And his brothers by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was registered: the chief, Ye‛i’ĕl, and Zeḵaryahu,
8. and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Yo’ĕl, who dwelt in Aro‛ĕr, as far as Neḇo and Ba‛al Me‛on.
9. And he dwelt eastward as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the River Euphrates, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gil‛aḏ.
10. And in the days of Sha’ul they fought against the Hag̅rites, who fell by their hand. And they dwelt in their tents over all the eastern part of Gil‛aḏ.
11. And the children of Gaḏ dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salḵah: