Genesis 49:3

New Messianic Version Bible

Re’uven (behold a son), youi [are] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Cross References

Psalm 78:51

And smote all the firstborn in Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place]; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Deuteronomy 21:17

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his.

Psalm 105:36

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

Genesis 29:32

And Le’ah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Re’uven (behold a son): for she said, Surely the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

1 Chronicles 5:3

The sons, [I say], of Re’uven [Behold a Son] the firstborn of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [were], Hanokh [Dedicated], and Pallu [Distinguished], Hetzron [surrounded by a wall], and Karmi [Fruitful, Noble].

1 Chronicles 5:1

Now the sons of Re’uven [Behold a Son] the firstborn of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Yosef [(God) He Shall Add] the son of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

1 Chronicles 2:1

These [are] the sons of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; Re’uven [Behold a Son], Shim’on [he who hears], Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner], and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], Yissakhar [There Is Recompense], and Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place],

Numbers 1:20

And the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son], Yisra’el’s [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Numbers 26:5

Re’uven [Behold a Son], the eldest son of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: the children of Re’uven [Behold a Son]; Hanokh [Dedicated], [of whom comes] the family of the Hanokhi [Dedicated]: of Pallu [Distinguished], the family of the Pallui [Distinguished Ones]:

Genesis 48:18

And Yosef said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put youri right hand upon his head.

Genesis 46:8

And these [are] the names of the children of Isra’el (he who holds onto God-The Creator), which came into Mitzrayim [Egypt] (Double Distress or Double Stronghold, Black Land), Egypt, Ya’akov (he who holds onto the heel of) and his sons: Re’uven (behold a son), Ya’akov’s firstborn.

Revelation 3:14

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans [justice of the people] write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God-The Father;

Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Re’uven [Behold a Son] live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.

Genesis 35:22

And it came to pass, when Isra’el (he who holds onto God-The Creator) dwelt in that land, that Re’uven (behold a son) went and lay with Bilhah (troubled; timid) his father’s concubine: and Isra’el (he who holds onto God-The Creator) heard [it]. Now the sons of Ya’akov (he who holds onto the heel of) were twelve:

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Le’ah (weary; grieved); Re’uven (behold a son), Ya’akov’s (he who holds onto the heel of), firstborn, and Shim’on (heard; he who hears; man of hearing), and Levi (Levite) [Joined to] (joined), and Y’hudah (Let the Powerful One be Praised [Yah]), and Yissakhar (there is recompense), and Z’vulun (exalted; Glorious Dwelling Place):

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these shall stand upon mount ‘Eival [Stone] to curse; Re’uven [Behold a Son], Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort], and Asher [Happy], and Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place], Dan [Judge], and Naftali [My Wrestling].

Ezekiel 48:6

And by the border of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], from the east side even unto the west side, a [portion for] Re’uven [Behold a Son].