Genesis 49:3
Reuben, you my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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Context
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 Reuben, you my firstborn, 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 wentest up to your father's bed; then defiledst you : he went up to my couch.
5 Simeon and Levi brethren; instruments of cruelty their habitations.