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Genesis 49:3-7

3Reubenרְאוּבֵן֙re.'u.VenH7205, thou art myfirstbornבְּכֹ֣רִיbe.Kho.riH1060, Mymight,andthefirstfruitsofmy vigour: Excellencyofdignityשְׂאֵ֖תse.'EtH7613,andexcellencyofstrengthכֹּחִ֖יko.ChiH3581.

4Impetuousasthewatersכַּמַּ֙יִם֙ka.Ma.yimH4325, thou shalthavenopre-eminence;Becausethou wentestuptothy father'scouch:Thenאָ֥ז'azH227defiledst thou [it]:hewentH5927uptomybedמִשְׁכְּבֵ֣יmish.ke.VeiH4904.

5Simeonשִׁמְע֥וֹןshim.'onH8095andLeviוְלֵוִ֖יve.le.ViH3878arebrethren:InstrumentsH3627ofviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555theirswords.

6MysoulH5315,comeH935notintotheircouncilבְּסֹדָם֙be.so.DamH5475; Mine honour,benotunitedwiththeirassemblyבִּקְהָלָ֖םbik.ha.LamH6951;Forintheirangerבְאַפָּם֙ve.'a.PamH639theyslewH2026menאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376,Andintheirwantonness houghedoxen.

7CursedH779betheirangerאַפָּם֙'a.PamH639,forit[was] violent;Andtheirrage,forit[was]cruel!Iwilldivideאֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם'a.cha.le.KemH2505theminJacobבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290,Andscatterוַאֲפִיצֵ֖םva.'a.fi.TzemH6327theminIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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