22 Igihe kimwe, ubwo Isirayeli yari atuye muri icyo gihugu, Rubeni yagiranye imibonano mpuzabitsina n’undi mugore* wa papa we witwaga Biluha, maze Isirayeli arabimenya.+

Abahungu ba Yakobo bari 12.

22 Rubeni akomeza ababwira ati: “Ntimumene amaraso,+ ahubwo mumujugunye mu rwobo rw’amazi ruri mu butayu. Rwose ntimumugirire nabi.”+ Ibyo yabitewe n’uko yashakaga kumubakiza akamusubiza papa we.

14 Aba ni bo batware b’imiryango y’Abisirayeli: Abahungu ba Rubeni, imfura ya Isirayeli+ ni Hanoki, Palu, Hesironi na Karumi.+ Iyo ni yo miryango ikomoka kuri Rubeni.

5 Rubeni+ yari imfura ya Isirayeli, ariko uburenganzira buhabwa umwana w’imfura yarabwambuwe buhabwa abahungu ba Yozefu+ umuhungu wa Isirayeli, kubera ko Rubeni yaryamanye* n’umugore* wa papa we.+ Ni yo mpamvu mu bisekuru by’umuryango we, Rubeni atanditswe ko ari we mwana w’imfura.