 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pages
...of Jacob ; and hearken unto Ifrael your Father. 3 REUBEN, thou art my firft-born, my Might, and the Beginning of my Strength, the Excellency of Dignity, and the Excellency of Power. 4 Unftable as Water, thou (halt not excel, becaufe thou wenteft up to thy Father's Bed : then defiledft... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...Jacob - t and hearken unto Ifrael your Father. 3 REUBEN, thou art my firft-born, my Might, and the Beginning of my Strength, the Excellency of Dignity, and the Excellency of Power. 4 Unftable as Water, thou malt not excel, becaufe thou wenteft up to thy Father's Bed : then dcfiledft... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...sons of Jacob : and hearken unto Israel your father. Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pages
...addressed them in the following * prophetic, language : — • " Reuben, thou art my first born, the beginning of my •'strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power ; but, because thou hast had so little regard to * thy father's honor as to defile his bed, all the... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...Jacob ; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 IT Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the drawn to Shicron, and passed akng to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel ; a : 4 Unstable as water, thoushalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 506 pages
...addresses his first born son in the following words : " Reuben, thou art my first born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power."! The first born was, in a peculiar sense, the heir ; and by his birth had a right to the blessing, and a... | |
 | sir William Drummond (bart.) - 1811 - 546 pages
...addresses himself to Reuben his eldest son: — " Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: unstable as water, thou shall not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst... | |
 | John Owen - Bible - 1812 - 486 pages
...respect to Reuben his eldest son, Gen. xlix. 3, 4. " Reuben, thou art my first born, my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power ; unstable as water thou shall not excel." The Targums make jointly this interpretation of the words.... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1813 - 438 pages
...born ; he shall live and not die. Genesis xlix. 3, " Reuben thou art my first born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power." Secondly, This is the blessing of Judah. Genesis xlix. 3 — 12, " Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...of Jacob ; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : 4 Unstable sis water, thou shall not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst... | |
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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. 
