Genesis 49:3
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
In context
1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
2 Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
Genesis 49:3 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- KJV King James Version
- Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
- WEB World English Bible
- “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellence of dignity, and the excellence of power: