 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pagina’s
...and hear ye Sons 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 pagina’s
...and hear ye Sons of 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 pagina’s
...days. Gather yourselves together and hear, ye sons of Jacob : and hearken unto Israel your father. Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and 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 pagina’s
...and 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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 444 pagina’s
...times. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, begotten in the prime and -vigour of my days ; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pagina’s
...Gather yourselves together, and hear1, ye sons of Jacob ; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 IT the side of Ekron northward : and the border was...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... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 414 pagina’s
...could have been uttered. Listen to that magnificent panegyric upon Reuben ; " my first born, my might, the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power." Then mark the blasting sentence upon all this superiority. " Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel... | |
 | sir William Drummond (bart.) - 1811 - 546 pagina’s
...that which should befal them iu the last days, thus addresses himself to Reuben his eldest son: — " Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and 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... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 506 pagina’s
...this, Jacob 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... | |
 | John Owen - 1812 - 486 pagina’s
...of Jacob with 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.... | |
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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. 
