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Reuben
Reuben was the biological first born son of Jacob.
By rights he should have received the double-portion of land inheritance due the firstborn son. This did not happen because he defiled his father's bed. The account is mentioned when Jacob gives his end-times prophecies over each son...
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3רְאוּבֵן֙ בְּכֹ֣רִי אַ֔תָּה כֹּחִ֖י וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית אוֹנִ֑י יֶ֥תֶר שְׂאֵ֖ת וְיֶ֥תֶר עָֽז׃ 4פַּ֤חַז כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ אַל־ תּוֹתַ֔ר כִּ֥י עָלִ֖יתָ מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י אָבִ֑יךָ אָ֥ז חִלַּ֖לְתָּ יְצוּעִ֥י עָלָֽה׃ (WLC)
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy fathers bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.(KJV)
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4Unstable 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.(KJV/NC)
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength;
The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
4Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;(ASV)
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, and the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4You went astray like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; truly, you have defiled my bed by going up into it. (LAM)
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the first fruits of my strength, pre-eminent in pride and pre-eminent in power. 4Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it--you went up to my couch! (RSV)
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. 4Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father's bed, onto my couch and defiled it. (NIV)
1 Genesis 49:3-4
3'Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength;
The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
4Boiling over as water, you shall not have the pre-eminence;
Because you went up to your father's bed;
Then defiled it. He went up to my couch.(WEB)
1 Genesis 49:3-4
3'Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength;
excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
4Boiling over as water, you shall not excel;
because you went up to your father's bed,
then defiled it. He went up to my couch.(WEB/HNV)
1 Genesis 49:3-4 3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, and the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4You went astray like water, you will not surpass others; because you went up to your father's bed; truly, you have defiled my bed by going up into it. (BRB)
The idea of "defiling the father's bed" shows up in an important historical footnote. The Viking raiders, made Christian monosteries a common target of their raiding.
In the days before universities, monostaries where the place where God the Father reproduced in the world. The Vikings, the lost tribe of Reuben, in effect continued to defile the Father's bed for a very long time after the original Genesis account. This quality is a signature attribute of the tribe, and not just a fleeting footnote about Reuben himself.
The birthright land, the prize, was North America, and though the Vikings are widely regarded as being the first Europeans to visit the upper east coast of North America, it was not the Vikings who eventually settled, but the English, the lost tribe of Joseph, instead.
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