Genesis 49:4

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

As vnstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therfore not be the chefest for thou wenst vp vpo thy fathers bedd and than defyledest thou my couche with goynge vppe.

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  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And it chaunced as Israel dwelt in that lande that Ruben went and laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne and it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were.xij. in nombre.
  • Deut 27:20 : 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wife because he hath opened his fathers coueringe, ad all the people shall saye Amen.
  • Deut 33:6 : 6 Ruben shall lyue and shall not dye: but his people shalbe few in numbre.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 There goeth a comen sayinge that ther is fornicacion amoge you and soche fornicacion as is not once named amonge the gentyls: that one shuld have his fathers wyfe.
  • Jas 1:6-8 : 6 But let him axe in fayth and waver not. For he that douteth is lyke the waves of the see tost of the wynde and caried with violence. 7 Nether let that man thinke that he shall receave eny thinge of the Lorde. 8 A waveringe mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 havinge eyes full of advoutrie and that canot cease to synne begylynge vnstable soules. Hertes they have exercised wt coveteousnes. They are cursed chyldren
  • Gen 46:8 : 8 These are the names of the childern of Israel which came in to Egipte both Iacob and his sonnes: Rube Iacobs first sonne.
  • Num 32:1-9 : 1 The childern of Rube and the childern of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell. And whe they sawe the lode of Iaeser and the lode of Gilead yt it was an apte place for catell 2 they came and spake vnto Moses and Eleazer ye preast and vnto ye LORdes of ye cogregacio sayenge. 3 The lode of Ataroth Dibo and Beon 4 whiche contre ye Lorde smote before the congregacion of Israel: is a londe for catell and we thy servauntes haue catell 5 wherfore (sayed they) yf we haue founde grace in thy syghte let this londe be geuen vnto thy servauntes to possesse and bringe vs not ouer Iordane. 6 And Moses sayed vnto the childre of Gad and of Ruben: shall youre brethern goo to warre and ye tarye here? 7 Wherfore discorage ye the hertes of the children of Israel for to goo ouer into the londe which the Lorde hath geue them? 8 This dyd youre fathers whe I sent them from Cades bernea to se the londe. 9 And they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escol and sawe the londe and discoraged the hertes of the childern of Israel that they shulde not goo in to the londe whiche the Lorde had geuen them. 10 And the Lorde was wroth the same tyme and sware sayenge: 11 None of the men that came out of Egipte fro twentye yere olde and aboue shall se the londe whiche I swore vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not continually folowed me: 12 saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Kenesite and Iosua the sonne of Nun for they haue folowed me continually. 13 And the Lorde was angrie with Israel and made them wandre in the wildernesse.xl. yere vntill all the generacion that had done euell in the syghte of the Lorde were consumed. 14 And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers stede the encrease of synfull men to augmente the ferse wrath of the Lorde to Israel warde. 15 For yf ye turne awaye from after him he wyll yet agayne leue the people in the wildernesse so shall ye destroy all this folke. 16 And they went nere him ad sayed: we will bylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe and for oure catell and cities for oure childern: 17 But we oure selues will go ready armed before ye childern of Israel vntill we haue broughte them vnto their place. And oure childre shall dwell in the stronge cities because of the inhabiters of the londe. 18 And we will not returne vnto oure housses vntill the childern off Israel haue enhereted: euery man his enheritaunce. 19 For we will not enheret with them on yonder syde Iordane forwarde because oure enheritaunce is fasten to vs on this syde Iordane eastwarde. 20 And Moses sayed vnto them: Yf ye will do this thinge that ye will go all harnessed before the Lorde to warre 21 and will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before ye Lorde vntill he haue cast out his enemyes before hi 22 and vntill the londe be subdued before ye Lorde: then ye shall returne and be without sinne agenst the Lorde and agenst Israel and this lode shalbe youre possession before the Lorde. 23 But and yf ye will not do so beholde ye synne agenst the Lorde: ad be sure youre synne will fynde you out. 24 Bilde youre cities for youre childern and foldes for youre shepe and se ye do yt ye haue spoken. 25 And the childern of Gad and of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge: thy servauntes will do as my LORde commaundeth. 26 Oure childre oure wiues substace and all oure catell shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead. 27 But we thi servauntes will goo all harnessed for the warre vnto batayle before the Lorde as my LORde hath sayed. 28 And Moses comauded Eleazer ye preast and Iosua ye sonne of Nun and the aunciet hedes of the tribes of the childern of Israel 29 and sayed vnto them: Yf the childern of Gad and Ruben will goo with you ouer Iordane all prepared to syghte before the Lorde: then when the lande is subdued vnto you geue them the londe of Gilead to possesse 30 but and yf they will not goo ouer with you in harnesse then they shall haue their possessions amonge you in ye londe of Canaan. 31 And the childern of Gad and Ruben answered sayenge: that which ye Lorde hath sayed vnto thi seruautes we will doo 32 We wil goo harnessed before the Lorde into the londe of Canaan and the possession of oure enheritaunce shalbe on this syde the Iordane. 33 And Moses gaue vnto ye childern of Gad and of Ruben and vnto halfe the trybe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sibon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Og kynge of Basan the lande that longed vnto the cities thereof in the costes of the contre rounde aboute. 34 And the childern of Gad bylt Dibo ataroth Aroer 35 Atroth Sophan Iaeser Iegabeha 36 Bethnimra and Betharan stronge cities and they bylt foldes for their shepe. 37 And the childern of Ruben bylt Hesebon Elalea Kiriathai 38 Nebo Baal Meon and turned their names and Sibama also: and gaue names vnto the cities which they bylt. 39 And the childern of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it and put out the Amorites yt were therin. 40 And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelt therein. 41 And Iair the sonne of Manasse wet and toke ye small townes thereof and called the the townes of Iair. 42 And Nobah went and toke kenath with the townes longinge thereto and called it Nobah after his awne name.
  • Deut 5:21 : 21 Thou shalt not luste after thi neghbours wife: thou shat not couet thi neyghbours housse, felde, seruaunte, mayde, oxe, asse nor ought that is thi neghbours.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 yee almost in very pistle speakynge of soche thynges: amoge which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde which they that are vnlearned and vnstable pervert as they do other scriptures vnto their awne destruccio.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 49:3
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    3Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power.

  • Gen 19:31-35
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    31Than sayde the elder vnto the yonger oure father is olde and there are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the world.

    32Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to dryncke and let vs lye with him that we may saue seed of oure father.

    33And they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte. And the elder doughter went and laye with her father. And he perceaued it not nether when she laye doune nether when she rose vp.

    34And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the yonger: beholde yesternyghte laye I with my father. Let us geue hym wyne to drinke this nyghte also and goo thou and lye with him and let us saue seed of oure father.

    35And they gaue their father wyne to drincke that nyghte also. And the yonger arose and laye with him. And he perceaved it not: nether when she laye downe nether when she rose vp.

  • Gen 35:22-23
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    22And it chaunced as Israel dwelt in that lande that Ruben went and laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne and it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were.xij. in nombre.

    23The sonnes of Lea. Ruben Iacobs eldest sonne and Simeo Leui Iuda Isachar and Zabulo

  • Gen 49:5
    68%

    5The brethern Simeon and Leui weked instrumentes are their wepos.

  • Lev 18:7-8
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    67%

    7The secrettes of thy father and thy mother, se thou vnheale not: she is thy mother, therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes.

    8The secrettes of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer, for they are thy fathers secrettes.

  • Gen 49:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8Iuda thy brethern shall prayse the and thine hande shalbe in the necke of thyne enimies and thy fathers childern shall stoupe vnto the.

    9Iuda is a lions whelpe. Fro spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye: he layde him downe and couched himselfe as a lion and as a lionesse. Who dare stere him vp?

  • Lev 20:19
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    19Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers, for he that doth so, vncouereth his nexte kyn: ad thei shall bere their mysdoynge.

  • Deut 22:30
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    30No man shall take his fathers wife, nor vnheale his fathers couerynge.

  • Gen 42:38
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    38And he sayde: my sonne shall not go downe with you. For his brother is dead and he is left alone Moreouer some mysfortune myght happen vpon him by the waye which ye goo. And so shuld ye brynge my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.

  • Exod 1:2
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    2Rube, Simeon, Leui, Iuda,

  • Gen 31:28
    66%

    28and hast not suffred me to kysse my childern and my doughters. Thou wast a fole to do

  • Gen 34:27
    66%

    27Than came the sonnes of Iacob vpon the deede and spoyled the cyte because they had defyled their sister:

  • Lev 18:11
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    11Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy fathers wyues doughter, which she bare to thy father, for she is thy suster: thou shalt therfore not discouer hir secrettes.

  • Gen 49:25-26
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    66%

    25Thi fathers God shall helpe the and the almightie shall blesse the with blessinges from heaven aboue and with blessinges of the water that lieth vnder and with blessinges of the brestes and of the wombe.

    26The blessinges of thy father were stronge: euen as the blessinges of my elders after the desyre of the hiest in the worlde and these blessinges shall fall on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him yt was separat from his brethern.

  • Deut 27:20
    66%

    20Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wife because he hath opened his fathers coueringe, ad all the people shall saye Amen.