Deuteronomy 33:6

Reuben shall live and shall not die: but his people shall be few in number. This is the blessing of Judah."

"Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.

"Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee.

And the children of Gad and Ruben answered, saying, "That which the LORD hath said unto thy servants we will do.

Then Joshua called unto the Reubenites, the Gadites and to 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 mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.

And the children of Gad and Ruben answered, saying, "That which the LORD hath said unto thy servants we will do.

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