Genesis 49:3-4

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“Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and ^(A)the beginning of my strength,
^(a)Preeminent in dignity and ^(b)preeminent in power.

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“^(c)Uncontrolled 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.

a. Genesis 49:3: ['Lit ', preeminence]

b. Genesis 49:3: ['Lit ', preeminence]

c. Genesis 49:4: ['Or ', Boiling over, '; lit ', Recklessness]

A. Genesis 49:3: Deuteronomy 21:17; Psalm 78:51; Psalm 105:36

B. Genesis 49:4: Genesis 35:22; Deuteronomy 27:20; 1 Chronicles 5:1