Genesis 49:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:32

Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 35:22

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

Genesis 35:23

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

Genesis 46:8

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: 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 were 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 defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; so he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:3

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

Psalm 105:36

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

Psalm 78:51

And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The first and best of their vigor in the tents of Ham.

Ezekiel 48:6

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 descendants 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 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

On the contrary, he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of everything that he owns, for he was the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

Deuteronomy 27:13

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

Deuteronomy 33:6

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

Revelation 3:14

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Origin of the creation of God, says this: