Genesis 49:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

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  • Deut 21:17 : 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated as the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
  • Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now my husband will love me.
  • Ps 78:51 : 51 And struck all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the dwellings of Ham:
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He struck also all the firstborn 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 firstborn.
  • Gen 48:18 : 18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.
  • Num 1:20 : 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, by head count, every male from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;
  • Num 26:5 : 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom comes 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, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
  • 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned according to the birthright.
  • 1 Chr 5:3 : 3 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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  • 1 Chr 5:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned according to the birthright.

    2For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's.

    3The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

  • Gen 49:4
    77%

    4Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it: he went up to my couch.

  • Gen 46:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Exod 1:2-3
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    72%

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

  • Gen 35:22-23
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    72%

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

    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  • Num 26:5
    71%

    5Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom comes the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

  • Deut 33:6
    71%

    6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

  • Exod 6:14
    71%

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

  • Gen 49:2
    71%

    2Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.

  • Num 1:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20And the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, by head count, every male from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;

    21Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

  • Gen 48:5
    70%

    5And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

  • Gen 29:32
    69%

    32And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now my husband will love me.

  • Ezek 48:6
    69%

    6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, a portion for Reuben.

  • Num 26:7
    68%

    7These are the families of the Reubenites: and those that were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

  • Gen 49:24-26
    3 verses
    68%

    24But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel.)

    25By the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

    26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • 1 Chr 2:1
    68%

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

  • Gen 48:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.

    19And 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: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.

  • Gen 42:37-38
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    67%

    37And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I do not bring him back to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you again.

    38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 49:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.

    9Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, you have gone up: he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

  • Deut 21:17
    67%

    17But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated as the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

  • Josh 13:15
    66%

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

  • Gen 30:14
    66%

    14Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, bringing them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

  • Gen 37:21-22
    2 verses
    65%

    21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

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

  • Judg 5:16
    65%

    16Why did you stay among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.