Genesis 49:3
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Genesis 49
- John Gill - Exposition - Genesis 49:3
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Genesis 49
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Genesis 49:1-3
Genesis 49:3. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
The patriarch fixes his eyes on his firstborn; he must say something sharp that would dishonour him, but he does not deny him the rights of birthright. He clothes him with the robes and the jewels of primogeniture, and then he strips him: -