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Eliab: A Reubenite, Progenitor of Dathan and Abiram

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Numbers 26:8, 9 Now the son of Pallu was Eliab, / and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
Numbers 16:1, 12 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted / Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
Deuteronomy 11:6 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.