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Genesis 49:4

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4Unstable as water, †thou shalt not excel;

Because thou fwentest up to thy father’s bed;

Then defiledst thou it: ||he went up to my couch.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. do not thou excel.
  2. fch. 35:22. 1 Chr. 5:1.
  3. ||Or, my couch is gone.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,

because you went up to your father’s bed;

then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,

for you went up onto your father’s bed,

onto my couch and defiled it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Turbulent as water, you will not excel,

because you got into your father’s bed

and you defiled it—he got into my bed.

NLTNew Living Translation

But you are as unruly as a flood,

and you will be first no longer.

For you went to bed with my wife;

you defiled my marriage couch.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Unstable as water, you shall not excel any longer,

for you went up upon the bed of your father,

then defiled it. You went up upon my couch!