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"Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and athe beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
a
Deuteronomy 21:17, Psalms 78:51, Psalms 105:36
Deuteronomy 21
17
"But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the abeginning of his strength; bto him belongs the right of the firstborn.
Psalms 78
51
And asmote all the firstborn in Egypt, The bfirst issue of their virility in the tents of cHam.
Psalms 105
36
He also astruck down all the firstborn in their land, The bfirst fruits of all their vigor.