3 “Reuben, you are amy firstborn,
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you awent up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.
Because you awent up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.
6 aLet not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united bto their assembly;
cFor in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they1 hamstrung an ox.
Let not my honor be united bto their assembly;
cFor in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they1 hamstrung an ox.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
aI will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
aI will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
8 “Judah,a you are he whom your brothers shall praise;
bYour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
cYour father’s children shall bow down before you.
bYour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
cYour father’s children shall bow down before you.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Topical Studies for Genesis 49:5:
Cruelty {Forerunner Commentary}
Cruelty {Nave's Topical Bible}
Levi {Forerunner Commentary}
Levi {Nave's Topical Bible}
Simeon {Forerunner Commentary}
Simeon {Nave's Topical Bible}
Dwelling {Forerunner Commentary}
Other topical entries containing Genesis 49:5:
Anger {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Children {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Tribes of Israel, The {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Simeon, The Tribe of {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
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