Genesis 49:4
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 49
“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.”Genesis 49:4
What Does Genesis 49:4 Mean?
Genesis 49:4 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 49, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Genesis 49:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 35:22“And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”Deuteronomy 27:20“Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.”1 Chronicles 5:1“Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.”Deuteronomy 33:6“Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.”1 Corinthians 5:1“It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.”James 1:6“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.”Genesis 46:8“And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.”Deuteronomy 5:21“Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”Matthew 11:7“And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”2 Peter 3:16“As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”Leviticus 18:8“The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.”1 Chronicles 2:1“These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,”Micah 7:6“For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.”2 Peter 2:14“Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:”Genesis 19:30“And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.”Proverbs 6:33“A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.”Ezekiel 22:10“In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.”Numbers 32:1“Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;”Luke 7:24“And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”
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