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Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes

Deuteronomy 33:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”Or but let
KJV
¶ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
WEB
“Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.”
ASV
Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.
LSV
Let Reuben live, and not die, || And let his men be an [incalculable] number.
YLT
Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.
DBY
Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few.
DRC
Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.
GNV
Let Reuben liue, and not die, though his men be a small nomber.
JPS
Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.
LXXE
Let Ruben live, and not die; and let him be many in number.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְחִ֥י רְאוּבֵ֖ן וְאַל־יָמֹ֑ת וִיהִ֥י מְתָ֖יו מִסְפָּֽר׃
LXX-Br
Ζήτω Ῥουβὴν, καὶ μὴ ἀποθανέτω, καὶ ἔστω πολὺς ἐν ἀριθμῷ.

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  • Numbers 32:31–32The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do. We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
  • Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
  • Joshua 22:1–9Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded…
  • Genesis 49:3–4Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my…

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