Gen 49:3-4, 1Ch 5:1-2 | ESV | STEP | Reuben , you are my firstborn , my might , and the firstfruits of my strength , preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power .

Genesis 49:3-4

3 “Reuben, you are ^amy firstborn,
my might, and the ^bfirstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you ^cwent up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

1 Chronicles 5:1-2

Descendants of Reuben

1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ( ^dfor he was the firstborn, but because ^ehe defiled his father’s couch, ^fhis birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son; 2 ^gthough Judah became strong among his brothers and a ^hchief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),