Genesis 49:3

New English Translation

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

Cross References

Genesis 29:32

So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 35:22

While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:8

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt – Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

Genesis 48:18

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

1 Chronicles 2:1

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

1 Chronicles 5:1

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn – (Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.

1 Chronicles 5:3

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Psalm 105:36

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

Psalm 78:51

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

Ezekiel 48:6

Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west, Reuben will have one portion.

Numbers 1:20

And they were as follows: The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

Numbers 26:5

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Deuteronomy 21:17

Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power – to him should go the right of the firstborn.

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 33:6

May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.

Revelation 3:14

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God’s creation: