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Righteous Patriarch Reuben

Also known as Reuben son of Jacob

The firstborn son of the Patriarch Jacob and Leah, and forefather of the tribe of Reuben, who sought to deliver his brother Joseph out of the hands of the others.

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The firstborn son of the Patriarch Jacob and Leah, and forefather of the tribe of Reuben, who sought to deliver his brother Joseph out of the hands of the others.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; Genesis 29–30, 49