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The sons of Reuben:
Chanoch (Enoch) and Pallo and Chetsron (Hesron) and Karmi. [; ; ]
[Here there is a pause in the story. You could say it's a "cliffhanger" – how will it turn out? Neither the Israelites nor Pharaoh listen to Moses, and he himself is on the verge of giving up, see . In the middle of the story's climax, there is a flashback showing how Moses and Aaron are the fourth generation from Jacob via the tribe of Levi. The genealogy is limited to the first three sons of Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, and Levi. The following nine sons are not relevant to showing Moses and Aaron's kinship and are not included. Jacob is also called Israel, see . In the list below, the names included in Moses and Aaron's family tree are marked in bold.]
These were the heads of their respective families.
The sons of Reuben, Israel's [Jacob's] firstborn:
Chanoch (Enoch) and Pallo,
Chetsron (Hesron) and Karmi;
these were the Reubenite families.
of Chethron, the family of the Chethronites,
of Karmi, the family of the Karmites.
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch (Enoch), Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
