Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.(Genesis 48:22)

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.(Genesis 49:1)

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.(Genesis 49:2)

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, 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 thou it: he went up to my couch.(Genesis 49:4)

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.(Genesis 49:5)

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.(Genesis 49:6)

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Genesis 49:3 - Cross Reference

These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, (1 Chronicles 2:1)

Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: (Numbers 26:5)

The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. (1 Chronicles 5:3)

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. (Deuteronomy 21:17)

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. (Genesis 29:32)

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: (Psalm 78:51)

And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. (Genesis 46:8)

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. (Genesis 48:18)

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. (1 Chronicles 5:1)

And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (Numbers 1:20)

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. (Psalm 105:36)