Verse 3

Rube my first sonne, thou art my power and the begynnynge of my strength, chefe in gouernaunce, & chefe in auctorite.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 21:17 : 17 but he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for ye first sonne, so that he geue him dubble of all that is at hande: for the same is ye begynnynge of his strength, & the firstbyrthrighte is his.
• Gen 29:32 : 32 And Lea coceaued, and bare a sonne, whom she called Ruben, and sayde: The LORDE hath loked vpon my aduersite. Now wyll my husbande loue me.
• Ps 78:51 : 51 When he made a waye to his fearfull indignacio, and spared not their soules from death, yee and gaue their catell ouer to the pestilence.
• Ps 105:36 : 36 He smote all ye first borne in their lode, euen the chefe of all their substaunce.
• Gen 46:8 : 8 These are ye names of the children of Israel, which came in to Egipte, Iacob & his sonnes. The first borne sonne of Iacob: Ruben.
• Gen 48:18 : 18 & sayde vnto him: Not so my father, this is ye firstborne, laye yi right hade vpo his heade.
• Num 1:20 : 20 The children of Ruben Israels first sonne, their kynreds & generacions after their fathers houses, in ye nombre of their names heade by heade, all yt were males, from twentye yeare & aboue, and were able to go forth to the warre,
• Num 26:5 : 5 Ruben ye first borne sonne of Israel. The childree of Ruben were, Hanoch: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Hanochites. Pallu: of whom cometh the kynred of the Palluites.
• 1 Chr 2:1 : 1 These are the children of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulon,
• 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 The children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel: for he was the first sonne, but because he defyled his fathers bed, therfore was his first byrthrighte geuen vnto the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, & he was not rekened to ye first byrthrighte:
• 1 Chr 5:3 : 3 The children now of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hesron and Charmi.