Ruben, you [are] my firstborn, you my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed.
LXX
Genesis 49:3
Ruben, thou [art] my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed.
Parallel Translations
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
Cross References
Psalms 78:51Deuteronomy 21:17Psalms 105:36Genesis 29:32Numbers 1:20Genesis 48:181 Chronicles 5:31 Chronicles 5:11 Chronicles 2:1Numbers 26:5Genesis 46:8
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