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Genesis 49:4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 49 · verse 4 · King James Version
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.Genesis 49:4 · King James Version
Genesis 49:4 in context
2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
5Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- UnstablepachazebullitionH6349 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- excelyâtharto jut over or exceedH3498 →
- bedmishkâba bedH4904 →
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