Deuteronomy 33:6
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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.

Lexicon
Let Reuben
רְאוּבֵ֖ן (rə·’ū·ḇên)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7205: Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc

live
יְחִ֥י (yə·ḥî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive

and not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

die,
יָמֹ֑ת (yā·mōṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

nor
וִיהִ֥י (wî·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

his men
מְתָ֖יו (mə·ṯāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4962: An adult, a man

be few.”
מִסְפָּֽר׃ (mis·pār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration


Additional Translations
Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

Let Ruben live, and not die; and let him be many in number.

Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few.

Let Reuben live, and not die; Yet let his men be few.

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

"Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few."

Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.
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