Genesis 49:3

Legacy Standard Bible

¶“Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and the beginning of my vigor, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in strength.

Cross References

Genesis 29:32

So Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben, for she said, “Because Yahweh has seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 35:22

Now it happened while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. And there were twelve sons of Jacob—

Genesis 35:23

the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

Genesis 46:8

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel—of Jacob and his sons—who were coming to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”

1 Chronicles 2:1

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

1 Chronicles 5:1

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he profaned his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not recorded in the genealogy according to the birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:3

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

Psalm 105:36

He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first of all their vigor.

Psalm 78:51

So He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their vigor in the tents of Ham.

Ezekiel 48:6

And beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one portion.

Numbers 1:20

Now the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 26:5

Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Deuteronomy 21:17

But he shall recognize the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the first of his vigor; the legal judgment for the firstborn belongs to him.

Deuteronomy 27:13

For the curse, these shall stand on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 33:6

¶“May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few.”

Revelation 3:14

“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: This is what the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says: