Deuteronomy 33:6

Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

Then Joshua sent for 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, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:

Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

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