Genesis 49:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 49

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.

⁶ May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

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