SinaiGenesis 49:4
American Standard Version
Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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Genesis 49:4 in other translations
Boiling over like water, you shall not excel;
because you went up to your father’s bed,
then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:4 in context
- 2Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
- 3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
- 4Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
- 5Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.
- 6O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.