Genesis 49:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ “Re’uḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the beginning (the firstfruits) of my manly strength and vigor; [your birthright gave you] the preeminence in dignity and the preeminence in power.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³ Reuben, you are my oldest son, my strength and my first contender, superior in status and superior in might.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority.

Genesis 49:3 Cross References

Genesis 29:32

And Lĕ

Genesis 35:22

And it came to be, when Yisra’ĕ

Genesis 35:23

the sons of Lĕ

Genesis 46:8

And these were the names of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Genesis 48:18

And Yosĕ

1 Chronicles 2:1

These were the sons of Yisra’ĕ

1 Chronicles 5:1

As for the sons of Re’uḇ

1 Chronicles 5:3

the sons of Re’uḇ

Psalm 105:36

Then He smote all the first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,

Psalm 78:51

And He smote all the first-born in Mitsrayim, The first-fruits of strength in the tents of Ḥ

Ezekiel 48:6

“And by the border of Ephrayim, from the east side to the west, Re’uḇ

Numbers 1:20

And the children of Re’uḇ

Numbers 26:5

Re’uḇ

Deuteronomy 21:17

“But he is to acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the first-born by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength – the right of the first-born is his.

Deuteronomy 27:13

“And these are to stand on Mount Ě

Deuteronomy 33:6

“Let Re’uḇ

Revelation 3:14

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Laodikeia write, ‘The Amĕ