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Genesis 49:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 49:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might and the first fruits of my vigor,
excelling in rank and excelling in power.(A)
4 Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel
because you went up onto your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—you[a] went up onto my couch!(B)
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.(C)
Footnotes
- 49.4 Gk Syr Tg: Heb he
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