Reuben, you are my firstborn,(A)
my strength and the firstfruits of my virility,(B)
excelling in prominence, excelling in power.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. 49:4 LXX, Syr, Tg read you

15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
Issachar was with Barak;
they were under his leadership[a](A) in the valley.
There was great searching[b] of heart
among the clans of Reuben.
16 Why did you sit among the sheep pens[c]
listening to the playing of pipes for the flocks?
There was great searching of heart
among the clans of Reuben.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:15 Lit they set out as his feet
  2. 5:15 Some Hb mss, Syr read There were great resolves
  3. 5:16 Or the campfires

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