Deuteronomy 33:6
Good News Translation
Moses said about the tribe of Reuben: "May Reuben never die out, Although their people are few."

New Revised Standard Version
May Reuben live, and not die out, even though his numbers are few.

Contemporary English Version
Tribe of Reuben, you will live, even though your tribe will always be small.

New American Bible
May Reuben live and not die out, but let his numbers be few.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.

Genesis 49:3,4,8 Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command. . . .

Numbers 32:31,32 And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben answered: As the Lord hath spoken to his servants, so will we do: . . .

Joshua 22:1-9 At the same time Joshua called the Rubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses, . . .

Context
Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes
5He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people, being assembled with the tribes of Israel. 6Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.7This is the blessing of Juda. Hear, O Lord, the voice of Juda, and bring him in unto his people: his hands shall fight for him, and he shall be his helper against his enemies.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:3
Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command.

Genesis 49:4
Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, and didst defile his couch.

Numbers 1:5
Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.

Deuteronomy 33:5
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