Genesis 49:3
“Reuben, you are my
My might, the beginning of my strength and vigor,
Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power [that should have been your birthright].
Deuteronomy 21:17
Instead he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved as the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he was the beginning of his strength (generative power); to him belongs the right of the firstborn.
Genesis 29:32
Leah conceived and gave birth to a son and named him Reuben (See, a son!), for she said, “Because the Lord has seen my humiliation and suffering; now my husband will love me [since I have given him a son].”
Psalm 78:51
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt,
The first and best of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.
Psalm 105:36
He also struck down all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits and chief substance of all their strength.
Genesis 46:8
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
Genesis 48:18
Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn; place your right hand on Manasseh’s head.”
Numbers 1:20
The sons of Reuben, Israel’s (Jacob’s) firstborn, their generations, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
Numbers 26:5
Reuben, the firstborn of Israel (Jacob), the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
1 Chronicles 2:1
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 5:1
Now [we come to] the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—for Reuben was the eldest, but because he defiled his father’s bed [with Bilhah his father’s
1 Chronicles 5:3
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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Summary
My firstborn
My might
General references
Bible References
My firstborn
My might
He killed all the firstborn in Egypt,
The first and best of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.
He also struck down all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits and chief substance of all their strength.
General references
“May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out,