Verse 3
Genesis 49:3
American Standard Version
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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.
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 unto his sons, and said: gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which...
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Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
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Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence o...
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Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy fa...
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Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.
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O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For...
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in J...
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Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father`s...
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Judah is a lion`s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a l...
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The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler`s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh c...
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Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass`s colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments...
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His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
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13
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border sh...
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Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:
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And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his sho...
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Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
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Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse`s heels, So that his...
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I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
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Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
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Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
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21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
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Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.
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The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecute him:
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But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Might...
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Even by the God (Elohim) of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless th...
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The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bou...
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Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall div...
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and bles...
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And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers...
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in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which A...
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there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and ther...
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the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.
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And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded u...
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