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NASB					Deut 33:6 ¶ "^AMay Reuben⁷²⁰⁵ live^2421a and not die⁴¹⁹¹, Nor⁴⁰⁸ his men⁴⁹⁶² be few⁴⁵⁵⁷."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Deut 33:6 ¶ "May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out, ¹But let his men be few."

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Or Nor. The Hebrew can be taken either way, though the parallelism of thought slightly favors "nor let." However, some argue for the wording "but let" due to the fact that Reuben had committed the grave offense of fornication with Bilhah, his father's concubine (Gen 49:3, 4; also see note Gen 22:24). It is maintained that Moses' blessing for Reuben is somewhat mixed, asking that the tribe not become extinct, but that it always be few in number.

NASB Cross References:
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Gen 49:3 ¶ "Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and the beginning of my strength,
Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

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Greek Heb.

408

al (39a); a prim. particle; not (a subjective neg.):--neither(1), neither their nor(1), neither them nor(1), never(2), never*(2), no(46), none(2), none*(4), nor(36), nothing(3), nothing*(4), rather(1), so(1), worthless(1).

2421a

chayah (310d); a prim. root; to live:--alive(3), alive should not live(1), came to life(1), come to life(3), come alive(1), give life(2), gives me life(1), healed(1), keep(1), keep him alive(1), keep his alive(1), keep the alive(1), keep them alive(4), keep you alive(1), keep alive(3), keep...alive(2), kept me alive(1), kept alive(1), leave(2), leave alive(1), live(120), lived(42), lives(5), make alive(1), makes alive(1), nourished(1), preserve(3), preserve his life(1), preserve...alive(1), preserves the lives(1), raise(1), recover(4), recovered(1), recovery(1), remained alive(1), repaired(1), restored to life(4), revive(20), revived(6), save(2), save his life(1), saved(1), saved our lives(1), saving(1), spare(3), spared(2), stay alive(1), surely live(9), surely recover(2), survival(1), survive(2), survived(1).

4191

muth (559b); a prim. root; to die:--body(1), bring about my death(1), bring death(1), caused the death(1), certainly die(1), certainly put(1), certainly put me to death(1), corpse(2), dead(104), dead man(1), dead*(2), deadly*(1), death(21), deceased(5), destroy(2), die(214), die shall be put(1), died(167), dies(30), dying(1), kill(13), killed(24), killing(2), kills(4), means kill(2), mortally(3), must die(1), perished*(1), put(4), put her to death(1), put him to death(1), put him to death(20), put his to death(1), put me to death(1), put me to death(3), put my to death(1), put some to death(1), put the to death(3), put their to death(1), put them to death(1), put them to death(8), put to death(62), put us to death(2), put you to death(6), puts him to death(1), putting to death(1), slay(7), surely be put to death(56), surely we will kill(1), surely will die(1), surely die(16), surely*(1), took life(2).

4557

mispar (708d); from the same as 5612; number, tally:--account(1), count(1), count*(1), counted(1), countless*(1), enumeration(1), few(7), infinite*(1), innumerable*(1), limit(1), list(2), many(2), measure(1), number(102), numbered(3), numbering(4), numbers(1), time*(1).

4962

math (607a); a prim. root; male, man:--associates(1), few(3), few men(1), men(14), men being few(1), number(2).

7205

Reuben (910a); from 7200 and 1121; "behold a son!" oldest son of Jacob, also his desc.:--Reuben(72).

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