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Genesis 49:4
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Genesis 49:4
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4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you (A)went up to your father's bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
Genesis 49:4
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Genesis 49:4
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Genesis 49:4
King James Version
Genesis 49:4
King James Version
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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1 Chronicles 5:1
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1 Chronicles 5:1
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Descendants of Reuben
5 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ((A)for he was the firstborn, but because (B)he defiled his father's couch, (C)his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;
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1 Chronicles 5:1
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1 Chronicles 5:1
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Reuben
5 The sons of Reuben(A) the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed,(B) his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph(C) son of Israel;(D) so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,(E)
1 Chronicles 5:1
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1 Chronicles 5:1
King James Version
5 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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2 Samuel 16:22
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2 Samuel 16:22
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22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom (A)on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines (B)in the sight of all Israel.
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2 Samuel 16:22
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2 Samuel 16:22
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22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.(A)
2 Samuel 16:22
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2 Samuel 16:22
King James Version
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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2 Samuel 20:3
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2 Samuel 20:3
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3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took (A)the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.
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2 Samuel 20:3
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2 Samuel 20:3
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3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines(A) he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.
2 Samuel 20:3
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2 Samuel 20:3
King James Version
3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
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1 Corinthians 5:1
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1 Corinthians 5:1
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Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church
5 It is actually reported that there is (A)sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, (B)for a man has his father's wife.
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1 Corinthians 5:1
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1 Corinthians 5:1
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Dealing With a Case of Incest
5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.(A)
1 Corinthians 5:1
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1 Corinthians 5:1
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5 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
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