Genesis 49:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:32

Having conceived, she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, saying: "The Lord saw my humiliation; now my husband will love me."

Genesis 35:22

And when he was living in that region, Reuben went out, and he slept with Bilhah the concubine of his father, which was not such a small matter as to be hidden from him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:8

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who entered into Egypt, he with his children. The firstborn is Reuben.

Genesis 48:18

And he said to his father: "It should not have come to pass this way, father. For this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand over his head."

1 Chronicles 2:1

And the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

1 Chronicles 5:1

Also, there were the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. For indeed, he was his firstborn, but when he had violated the bed of his father, his right as firstborn was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, and he was not reputed as firstborn.

1 Chronicles 5:3

So then, the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Psalm 105:36

and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them.

Ezekiel 48:6

And beyond the border of Ephraim, from the eastern region, even to the region of the sea, there shall be one portion for Reuben.

Numbers 1:20

Of Ruben, the firstborn of Israel, by their generations and families and houses, and the names of each head, of all who were of the male sex, from twenty years and above, capable of going to war,

Numbers 26:5

Ruben, the firstborn of Israel; his son, Hanoch, from whom is the family of the Hanochites; and Pallu, from whom is the family of the Palluites;

Deuteronomy 21:17

Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.

Deuteronomy 27:13

And in the opposite region, there shall stand upon Mount Ebal, as a curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Ruben live, and not die, and may he be small in number."

Revelation 3:14

And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, who is the Beginning of the creation of God: