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Genesis 49:3-4
Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 49:3-4
Christian Standard Bible
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn,(A)
my strength and the firstfruits of my virility,(B)
excelling in prominence, excelling in power.
4 Turbulent as water, you will not excel,
because you got into your father’s bed(C)
and you defiled it—he[a] got into my bed.
Footnotes
- 49:4 LXX, Syr, Tg read you
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