Genesis 49:4
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Note thou shalt…: Heb. do not thou excel
Note he went…: or, my couch is gone
Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Unstable
- James 1:6–8; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 3:16
- thou shalt not excel
- Heb. do not thou excel.
- Genesis 46:8; Numbers 32:1–42; Deuteronomy 33:6
- because
- Genesis 35:22; Deuteronomy 5:21; Deuteronomy 27:20; 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Corinthians 5:1