Genesis 49:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 21:17 : 17 but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.
  • Gen 29:32 : 32 And 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.
  • Ps 78:51 : 51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength.
  • Gen 46:8 : 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born.
  • Gen 48:18 : 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
  • Num 1:20 : 20 And 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;
  • Num 26:5 : 5 Reuben, 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 2:1 : 1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
  • 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 And 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.
  • 1 Chr 5:3 : 3 the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 5:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 And 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.

    2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's),

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

  • 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 46:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Exod 1:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

  • Gen 35:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 And 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:

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

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

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

  • 14 These 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.

  • 2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.

  • Num 1:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 And 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;

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

  • 5 And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

  • 32 And 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.

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

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

  • Gen 49:24-26
    3 verses
    68%

    24 But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), [

    25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

    26 The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

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

  • Gen 48:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

    19 And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it] ; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

  • Gen 42:37-38
    2 verses
    67%

    37 And 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.

    38 And 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.

  • Gen 49:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

    9 Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

  • 17 but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

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

  • 14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. [

  • Gen 37:21-22
    2 verses
    65%

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

    22 And 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.

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