And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Genesis 49:4 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not: because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, and didst defile his couch. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But unstable and boiling over like water, you shall not excel and have the preeminence [of the firstborn], because you went to your father's bed; you defiled it–he went to my couch! [Gen. 35:22.] American Standard Version (1901) Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. Common English Bible As wild as the waters, you won’t endure, for you went up to your father’s bed, you went up and violated my couch. Catholic Public Domain Version You are being poured out like water, may you not increase. For you climbed onto your father's bed, and you defiled his resting place. English Standard Version 2016 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it—he went up to my couch! |
And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben.
Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.
IT is absolutely heard, that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens; that one should have his father's wife.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife: nor his house, nor his field, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.
Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction:
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.