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Genesis 49:3-5
American Standard Version
Genesis 49:3-5
American Standard Version
3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the [a]beginning of my strength;
The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
4 Boiling over as water, [b]thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;
Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed;
Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren;
Weapons of violence are their [c]swords.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:3 Or, first-fruits
- Genesis 49:4 Or, have not thou
- Genesis 49:5 Or, compacts
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