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Genesis 49:3-5
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3 “Reuben, you are (A)my firstborn,
    my might, and the (B)firstfruits of my strength,
    preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
    because you (C)went up to your father's bed;
    then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

5 (D)“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
    weapons (E)of violence are their swords.

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Genesis 49:3-5
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3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,(A)
    my might, the first sign of my strength,(B)
    excelling in honor,(C) excelling in power.
4 Turbulent as the waters,(D) you will no longer excel,
    for you went up onto your father’s bed,
    onto my couch and defiled it.(E)

5 “Simeon(F) and Levi(G) are brothers—
    their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(H)

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  1. Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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