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Genesis 49:3-7

3Reubenרְאוּבֵן֙re.'u.VenH7205, thou art my first-born, mymight,andthebeginningofmystrengthכֹּחִ֖יko.ChiH3581;Thepre-eminenceofdignityשְׂאֵ֖תse.'EtH7613,andthepre-eminenceofpowerH3581.

4Boilingoveraswaterכַּמַּ֙יִם֙ka.Ma.yimH4325, thou shaltnothavethepre-eminence;Becausethou wentestuptothyfather’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1bedמִשְׁכְּבֵ֣יmish.ke.VeiH4904;Thenאָ֥ז'azH227defiledst thouit:hewentH5927uptomycouch.

5Simeonשִׁמְע֥וֹןshim.'onH8095andLeviוְלֵוִ֖יve.le.ViH3878arebrethren;Weaponsכְּלֵ֥יke.LeiH3627ofviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555aretheirswords.

6OmysoulH5315,comeH935notthouintotheircouncilבְּסֹדָם֙be.so.DamH5475; Untotheirassemblyבִּקְהָלָ֖םbik.ha.LamH6951,mygloryH3519,benotthouunited;Forintheirangerבְאַפָּם֙ve.'a.PamH639theyslewH2026amanאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376,Andintheirself-willtheyhockedanoxשֽׁוֹר׃ShorH7794.

7CursedH779betheirangerאַפָּם֙'a.PamH639,foritwasfierceעָ֔ז'AzH5794;Andtheirwrathוְעֶבְרָתָ֖םve.'ev.ra.TamH5678,foritwascruel:Iwilldivideאֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם'a.cha.le.KemH2505theminJacobבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290,Andscatterוַאֲפִיצֵ֖םva.'a.fi.TzemH6327theminIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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