New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 49:1-4
1Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you 1in the 2days to come.2Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob; And 3listen to Israel your father.
3“Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and 4the beginning of my strength, 5Preeminent in dignity and 6preeminent in power.47Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, 8Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it--he went up to my couch.
Notes
- 1. Genesis 49:1 Num 24:14 ↩
- 2. Genesis 49:1 Lit end of the days ↩
- 3. Genesis 49:2 Ps 34:11 ↩
- 4. Genesis 49:3 Deut 21:17; Ps 78:51; 105:36 ↩
- 5. Genesis 49:3 Lit preeminence ↩
- 6. Genesis 49:3 Lit preeminence ↩
- 7. Genesis 49:4 Or Boiling over; lit Recklessness ↩
- 8. Genesis 49:4 Gen 35:22; Deut 27:20; 1 Chr 5:1 ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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