And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
A portion for Reuben - doomed formerly, for incest and instability, "not to excel" (Genesis 49:4). So no distinguished prophet, priest, or king had come from it. Of it were the notorious Dathan and Abiram, the mutineers. A pastoral and Bedouin character marked it and Gad (Judges 5:16).