Catholic Public Domain Version
"Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority."
— Genesis 49:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:”
“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. ”
“"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.”
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.”
“Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command.”
“Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:”
“Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:”
Then Jacob called his sons, and he said to them: “Gather together, so that I may announce what will happen to you in the last days.
Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority.
You are being poured out like water, may you not increase. For you climbed onto your father’s bed, and you defiled his resting place.
The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.
Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.