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Genesis 35:23
ESV The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob 's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
NIV The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
NASB the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
CSB Leah’s sons were Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
NLT The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
KJV The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
NKJV the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

What does Genesis 35:23 mean?

The previous verse concludes with a statement that Jacob—named Israel by God (Genesis 32:28; 35:10)—had 12 sons. This and the following verses (Genesis 35:24–26) list those sons according to their birth mothers. Jacob intended only to marry Rachel, but was tricked by her father into also marrying her sister, Leah (Genesis 29:25–28). The rivalry between the sisters played out, in part, in bearing children (Genesis 29:30–31). This included enlisting their servants as concubines. The children born to Leah's servant, Zilpah (Genesis 35:26), would have been considered Leah's from a legal standpoint.

The sons of Jacob's unloved wife, Leah (Genesis 29:30–31) include, in order, Reuben (Genesis 29:32), Simeon (Genesis 29:33), Levi (Genesis 29:34), Judah (Genesis 29:35), Issachar (Genesis 30:17–18), and Zebulun (Genesis 30:19–20). These will become 6 of the 12 storied tribes of Israel.

It's all but certain these women had other children, but only the sons of Jacob are noted here. Dinah is also a child of Leah, only mentioned by name due to her abuse by a local prince (Genesis 30:21; 34:1).
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