Deuteronomy 33:6

American Standard Version (1901)

Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

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  • Gen 49:3-4 : 3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. 4 Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
  • Gen 49:8 : 8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
  • Num 32:31-32 : 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the Jordan.
  • Josh 22:1-9 : 1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2 and said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you: 3 ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God. 4 And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan. 5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents. 7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them, 8 and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

    22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

  • Deut 33:7
    73%

    7And this is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people. With his hands he contended for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.

  • Gen 49:3
    71%

    3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.

  • Num 1:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20And the children of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

    21those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

  • Gen 42:37-38
    2 verses
    69%

    37And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

    38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

  • Num 26:7
    69%

    7These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

  • Gen 46:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born.

    9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

  • Ezek 48:6
    68%

    6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben, one [portion] .

  • Exod 1:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

  • Num 32:6
    68%

    6And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?

  • Josh 13:15
    68%

    15And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

  • Gen 35:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

    23the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

  • Exod 6:14
    68%

    14These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

  • Num 26:5
    68%

    5Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

  • 1 Chr 5:1
    67%

    1And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

  • Judg 5:16
    67%

    16Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

  • Josh 22:33
    67%

    33And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.

  • Gen 29:32
    67%

    32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.

  • Deut 33:11
    66%

    11Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

  • Deut 33:5
    66%

    5And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

  • Ps 41:2
    66%

    2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

  • 1 Chr 2:1
    66%

    1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

  • Josh 22:21
    66%

    21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

  • Num 2:16
    66%

    16All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.

  • Gen 43:8
    66%

    8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

  • Josh 13:23
    66%

    23And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border [thereof] . This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

  • Gen 42:22
    66%

    22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

  • 1 Chr 5:3
    66%

    3the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

  • Num 1:5
    65%

    5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

  • Num 32:31
    65%

    31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

  • Josh 21:36
    65%

    36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,

  • Deut 27:12
    65%

    12These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.