Genesis 49:3 - English Standard Version 2016

³ “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ Reuben, you are my oldest son, my strength and my first contender, superior in status and superior in might.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow: excelling in gifts, greater in command.

Genesis 49:3 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Genesis 29:32

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 35:22

While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:8

Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn,

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”

1 Chronicles 2:1

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

1 Chronicles 5:1

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;

1 Chronicles 5:3

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

Psalm 105:36

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

Psalm 78:51

He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Ezekiel 48:6

Adjoining the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, Reuben, one portion.

Numbers 1:20

The people of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 26:5

Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;

Deuteronomy 21:17

but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

Deuteronomy 27:13

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

Deuteronomy 33:6

“Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few.”

Revelation 3:14

“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.