Etymology?:
from the imperative of rāʾā רָאָה ‘to see’ and bēn בֵּן ‘son / Beno’
Roots:
ראה
בן
rᵊʾūvēn pr n m pers
Reuben = "behold a son"
1) the eldest son of Jacob by Leah
2) the tribe descended from Reuben
3) the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben
Mentioned in Genesis 35:22, 37:22, 42:37, 29:32, 49:3, 37:29, 42:22, 30:14, 48:5, 46:8, 37:21, 35:23, 46:9 Exodus 6:14, 1:2 Numbers 1:20, 16:1, 32:25, 32:6, 2:16, 32:29, 1:5, 32:2, 32:31, 13:4, 2:10, 7:30, 10:18, 32:37, 1:21, 32:33, 32:1, 26:5 Deuteronomy 11:6, 33:6, 27:13 Joshua 15:6, 18:17, 22:31, 22:9, 18:7, 22:25, 4:12, 22:10, 22:11, 22:13, 22:15, 22:32, 22:33, 22:34, 22:21, 22:30, 20:8, 21:36, 13:15, 13:23, 21:7 Judges 5:16, 5:15 Ezekiel 48:6, 48:7, 48:31 1 Chronicles 5:1, 2:1, 5:18, 6:63, 5:3, 6:48