Verse 3
Genesis 49:3
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow: excelling in gifts, greater in command.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רְאוּבֵן֙ בְּכֹ֣רִ/י אַ֔תָּה כֹּחִ֖/י וְ/רֵאשִׁ֣ית אוֹנִ֑/י יֶ֥תֶר שְׂאֵ֖ת וְ/יֶ֥תֶר עָֽז
English Translation
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the beginning of my might, the preeminence of dignity and the preeminence of power.
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Chapter 49 Context
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And Jacob called his sons, and said to them: Gather yourselves together that I may tell you the thin...
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Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel your father:
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Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow: excelling in gifts, great...
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Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not: because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, and didst...
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Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity, waging war.
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Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: \"be- cause in their fury...
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Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath because it was cruel: I Will divide t...
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Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hands shall be on the necks of thy enemies: the sons of th...
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Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion,...
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The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to b...
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Tying his foal to the vineyard, and his ass, 0 my son, to the vine. He shall wash his robe in wine,...
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His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
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Zabulon shall dwell on the sea shore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.
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Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down between the borders.
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He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry...
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Dan shall judge his people like an- other tribe in Israel.
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Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels that his rider m...
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I will look for thy salvation, 0 Lord.
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Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.
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Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings.
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Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
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Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold; the daughters run to and fro upon the w...
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But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.
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His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of...
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The God (Elohim) of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the bless...
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The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of...
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Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spo...
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed e...
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And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my people : bury me with my fathers in...
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Over against Mambre in the land of Chanaan, which Abraham bought to- gather with the field of Ephron...
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There they buried him, and Sara his wife: there was Isaac buried with Rebecca his wife: there also L...
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And when he had ended the commandments, wherewith he instructed his sons, he drew up his feet upon t...
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