Verse 3

Ruben my first borne, thou art my myght, & the beginning of my strength, the noblenesse of dignitie, and the noblenesse of power.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 21:17 : 17 But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.
• Gen 29:32 : 32 And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne, and she called his name Ruben: for she sayde, the Lord hath loked vpon my tribulation: nowe therfore my husband wyll loue me.
• Ps 78:51 : 51 And he smote all the first borne of Egypt: the first fruites of concupiscence in the pauilions of Cham.
• Ps 105:36 : 36 He smote al the first borne in their land: euen the first fruites of all their concupiscence.
• Gen 46:8 : 8 These are the names of the chyldren of Israel which came into Egypt, both Iacob and his sonnes. Ruben Iacobs first borne.
• Gen 48:18 : 18 And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so my father, for this is the first borne: put thy right hande vpon his head.
• Num 1:20 : 20 So were the chyldren of Ruben, Israels eldest sonne, throughout their generations, and their kinredes, and houses of their fathers, accordyng to the number of their names, head by head, all males from twentie yeres old & aboue, as many as did go foorth to the warre:
• Num 26:5 : 5 Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel. The chyldren of Ruben: Hanoch, of whom commeth the kinred of the Hanochites: and Pallu, of whom commeth the kinred of the Palluites.
• 1 Chr 2:1 : 1 These are the sonnes of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, and Zabulon.
• 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 The sonnes of Ruben, the eldest sonne of Israel (forasmuch as he was the eldest, & had defiled his fathers bedde, his birthright was geuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel: Howbeit the genealogie is not reckened after this birthright.
• 1 Chr 5:3 : 3 The sonnes then of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel, were: Henoch, Phalu, Hezron, and Charmi.