Deuteronomy 33:6
Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”
BSB
ASV
Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.
KJV
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
DEMONSTRATION 8.8 (345)
Moses wished by his priestly power to absolve Reuben from his transgression and sin, in that he had lain with Bilhah, his father's concubine, so that when his brothers should rise, he might not be cut off from their number. So he said in the beginning of his blessing, "Reuben shall live and not die and shall be in the number."
"Though he must not expect to flourish ( Gen. xlix. 4 ), yet let him not perish." All the Chaldee paraphrasts refer this to the other world: Let Reuben live in life eternal, and not die the second death, so Onkelos.
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Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
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