Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

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.

Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

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.

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,