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Genesis 49:4
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Genesis 49:4
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Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
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Genesis 49:4 in Other Translations
KJV
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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.
ESV
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Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it--he went up to my couch!
NLT
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But you are as unruly as a flood, and you will be first no longer. For you went to bed with my wife; you defiled my marriage couch.
MSG
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But like a bucket of water spilled, you'll be at the top no more, Because you climbed into your father's marriage bed, mounting that couch, and you defiled it.
CSB
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Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel, because you got into your father's bed and you defiled it-he got into my bed.
Genesis 49:4 In-Context
2
“Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
3
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
4
Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
5
“Simeon and Levi are brothers— their swords are weapons of violence.
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Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
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Isaiah 57:20
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Jeremiah 49:23
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Genesis 29:29
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Genesis 34:5
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Genesis 35:22
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Deuteronomy 27:20
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