Genesis 49:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.”
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“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 49:3 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
- Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 46:8Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
- Genesis 48:18“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- Numbers 1:20From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 26:5Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,
- Deuteronomy 21:17Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
- Deuteronomy 27:13And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- Deuteronomy 33:6Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”
- 1 Chronicles 2:1These were the sons of Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 5:1These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.
- 1 Chronicles 5:3The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
- Psalms 78:51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
- Psalms 105:36Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
- Ezekiel 48:6Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
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