22 It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that (A)Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.

The Sons of Israel

Now there were twelve sons of Jacob—

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[a]Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence,
(A)Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:4 Or Boiling over; lit Recklessness