“Reuben, you are my firstborn,
My might and (A)the beginning of my strength,
Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
[a]Uncontrollable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
(B)Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:4 Or Gushing over

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