And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
Genesis 49:3 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 Reuben, my first-born, thou my strength, and the beginning of my strength, the abundance of elevation, and the abundance of might Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the beginning (the firstfruits) of my manly strength and vigor; [your birthright gave you] the preeminence in dignity and the preeminence in power. American Standard Version (1901) Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. Common English Bible Reuben, you are my oldest son, my strength and my first contender, superior in status and superior in might. Catholic Public Domain Version Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow: excelling in gifts, greater in command. |
And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
And it will be in the dwelling of Israel in that land, and Reuben will go, and will lie with Bilhah, his father's concubine: and Israel will hear. And the sons of Jacob will be twelve.
The sons of Leah, the first-born of Jacob, Reuben; and Simeon and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulon;
And these the names of the sons of Israel having come to Egypt. Jacob and his sons: the first born of Jacob, Reuben.
And Joseph will say to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
These the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon,
And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, (for he the firstborn; and in his defiling his father's bed, the birth-right was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and not to be enrolled for the birthright
The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
And he will strike every first-born in their land, the first-fruits to all their strength.
And he will strike all the firstborn in Egypt; the first-fruits of their toils in the tents of Ham:
And upon the bound of Ephraim to the side east, even to the side of the Rea, Reuben, one.
And the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, shall be their generations, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, according to the number of names, according to their heads, every male from the son of twenty years and above, all going forth to war.
Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, the families of the Hanochites: for Pallu, the families of the Palluites
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated, the first-born, to give to him the portion of two in all that shall be found to him; for he is the beginning of his strength; to him is the judgment of the first-born.
And these shall stand for a cursing upon Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad and Asher and Zebulon, Dan and Naphtali.
And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;