Reuben
is the leader who might allow been but in no way was. He was Jacob's firstborn.
Jacob says about him on his deathbed, “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might,
the at the outset sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power”
(Gen. 49: 3). This is an impressive tribute, suggesting the pure presence and
strong demeanor.
Added
significantly, in their before time years Reuben has consistently appeared to
be the on the whole morally thin-skinned of Jacob's children. He was Leah's
son, and keenly felt his mother's disappointment so as to she was not Jacob's favorite.
Here is the at the outset narrative of him as a baby: