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NASB					Gen 49:4 "¹Uncontrolled⁶³⁴⁹ as water⁴³²⁵, you shall not have³⁴⁹⁸ preeminence³⁴⁹⁸, ^ABecause³⁵⁸⁸ you went⁵⁹²⁷ up to your father's¹ bed⁴⁹⁰⁴; Then²²⁷ you defiled^2490c it --he went⁵⁹²⁷ up to my couch³³²⁶.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 49:4 "But unstable and reckless and boiling over like water [in sinful lust], you shall ¹not excel or have the preeminence [of the firstborn], Because you went up to your father's bed [with Bilhah]; You defiled it--he went up to my couch. [Gen 35:22]

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Or Boiling over; lit Recklessness

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The fertile land once occupied by the tribe of Reuben was deserted by its settled inhabitants and given over to the tribal nomads of the desert. Because of his behavior, Reuben had forfeited his rights as the firstborn even before Jacob's prophecy.

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Gen 35:22 ¶ It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. ¶ Now there were twelve sons of Jacob--

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Greek Heb.

ab (3a); from an unused word; father:--ancestors(1), family*(1), father(571), Father(8), father's(137), fathers(333), fathers'(120), fathers' households(1), forefather(1), forefathers(27), grandfather(1), grandfathers(1), households(5), Huram-abi*(2), sons(1).

227

az (23a); of unc. der.; at that time:--if(1), now(1), once(1), rather*(1), since*(1), so(1), then(113), time(5), yet(1).

2490c

chalal (320a); a prim. root; to pollute, defile, profane:--became*(1), began(30), begin(10), begin to use its fruit(2), beginning(3), begun(7), begun to use its fruit(2), cast you as profane(1), defile(2), defiled(3), desecrate(1), enjoy(1), first(1), pollute(1), polluted(1), profane(21), profaned(29), profanes(3), profaning(5), start(1), started(2), use its fruit(1), violate(3), violated(1).

3326

yatsua (426d); pass. part. of 3331; a couch, bed:--bed(3), bed*(1), couch(1).

3498

yathar (451b); a prim. root; to remain over:--abound(1), had some left(1), had left(1), have preeminence(1), leave(3), leave a remnant(1), leave of it over(1), leaving(1), left(47), left behind(1), left over(6), let remain(1), more than enough(1), preserve(1), prosper you abundantly(1), remain(2), remainder(7), remained(2), remaining(2), remains(3), reserved(2), rest(18), spare(1), surviving(2).

3588

ki (471c); a prim. conjunc.; that, for, when:--also(1), although(11), although*(1), because(409), because*(18), case(2), certainly(1), either(1), even(3), even though(3), event*(1), except(1), except*(21), how(12), however*(1), if(169), if*(2), inasmuch*(6), indeed(61), indeed*(1), last*(1), more of her than*(1), more than*(1), more*(1), moreover*(1), much more*(8), much*(10), nevertheless(1), nevertheless*(4), nor*(1), now(3), only*(7), or(1), rather(5), rather i indeed(1), rather*(12), seeing(1), since(38), since*(1), so(2), soon(1), still*(1), surely(63), surely*(8), than(1), than*(2), then(2), then*(1), though(37), though*(2), truly(5), unless*(10), until*(5), what*(1), when(241), when*(1), whenever(1), while(2), without*(2), Yea(1), yes(2), yet(7).

4325

mayim (565b); a prim. root; waters, water:--flood(1), loins(1), pool(1), Water(5), water(373), watering(1), waterless*(1), waters(192).

4904

mishkab (1012d); from 7901; place of lying, a couch, act of lying:--bed(25), bedroom*(3), beds(6), couch(1), health*(1), intimately*(3), lain*(1), lie(1), lying(1), rest(1), resting place(1), sleeping(1).

5927

alah (748a); a prim. root; to go up, ascend, climb:--all means go(1), approach(1), arise(2), arose(1), ascend(12), ascended(10), ascending(2), ascends(2), ascent(1), attack(2), been(1), blow away(1), breaking(1), bring(33), bring them back(1), bringing(2), brings(1), brought(66), burn(2), burnt offerings(1), came(67), came back(1), carried(2), carried away(1), carry(3), cast(1), charging(1), chew(4), chews(5), climb(4), climbed(1), climbs(2), come(83), comes(2), coming(12), dawn*(1), dawned(1), depart(1), enter(1), entered(1), erected(1), evaporated(1), exalt(1), exalted(2), excel(1), falls(1), fell(2), get(1), get back(1), give off(1), go(140), goes(6), going(8), gone(18), gone away(2), got back(1), grew(3), grow(2), grow back(1), grows(1), imported*(2), incite(1), included(1), invaded(2), jump(1), lead(1), left(1), levied(3), lie(1), lift(1), lifted(10), lighted(1), made(1), marching(1), mating(2), mount(9), mounted(2), offer(29), offered(34), offering(10), offers(3), ornamented*(1), overgrown(1), placed(1), progressed(1), prompts*(1), put(2), raged(2), raised(1), raises(1), reached(1), reaches(1), recorded(1), restore(1), restored(1), rise(10), rises(7), rising(1), rose(4), scales(1), set(1), sets(2), sprang(1), spring(2), sprout(1), stacking(1), stirs(1), surely bring(1), take(3), take me away(1), taken(4), thrown(1), took(4), trims(1), using(4), vanish(1), wear(1), went(161), went away(1), withdraw(3), withdrawn(1), withdrew(1), worked(1).

6349

pachaz (808d); from 6348; wantonness, recklessness:--uncontrolled(1).

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