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Genesis 49:3-5
Revised Standard Version

3 Reuben, you are my first-born,
    my might, and the first fruits of my strength,
    pre-eminent in pride and pre-eminent in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence
    because you went up to your father’s bed;
    then you defiled it—you[a] went up to my couch!

5 Simeon and Levi are brothers;
    weapons of violence are their swords.

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  1. Genesis 49:4 Gk Syr Tg: Heb he
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Genesis 49:3-5
New International Version

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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