Genesis 49:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:

Cross References

Genesis 29:32

And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.

Genesis 35:22

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

Genesis 35:23

Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

Genesis 46:8

And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.

1 Chronicles 2:1

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

1 Chronicles 5:1

And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel,

1 Chronicles 5:3

The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Psalm 105:36

He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.

Psalm 78:51

He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

Ezekiel 48:6

And on the limit of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one part.

Numbers 1:20

The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

Numbers 26:5

Reuben, the first son of Israel: the sons of Reuben by their families: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

Deuteronomy 21:17

But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 33:6

Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

Revelation 3:14

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order: