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Exodus 6:14

These are the heads of their fathers’houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.

What's bothering Rashi?

The narrative pauses to list "the heads of their fathers' houses," beginning with Reuben. Why insert this genealogy here?

Look closely. What seems repeated, missing, out of order, or strange?