Deuteronomy 33:6
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
KJV
Vivat Ruben, et non moriatur, et sit parvus in numero.
Vulgate
Ζήτω Ῥουβὴν καὶ μὴ ἀποθανέτω, καὶ ἔστω πολὺς ἐν ἀριθμῷ.
LXX
Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.
ASV
יְחִ֥י רְאוּבֵ֖ן וְ/אַל יָמֹ֑ת וִ/יהִ֥י מְתָ֖י/ו מִסְפָּֽר
Hebrew
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Reuben
In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מְתֵ֣י
mty
noun · 22×
מִסְפַּ֣ר
mspr
noun · 134×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
r'vbn
proper_noun · 72×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 43:8 — And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
- Gen 46:8 — And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
- Gen 49:3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
- Gen 49:4 — 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.
- Gen 49:8 — Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
- Josh 22:1 — Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
- Num 32:31 — And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.