1 Chronicles 5:2
“For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the chiefe rulers, but the birthright was Iosephs.”
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1 Chronicles 5:2 Context
1Now the sonnes of Reuben the first borne of Israel, (for hee was the first borne, but, forasmuch as he defiled his fathers bed, his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel: and the genealogie is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the chiefe rulers, but the birthright was Iosephs. 3The sonnes, I say, of Reuben the first borne of Israel were: Hanoch, and Pallu, Ezron, and Carmi. 4The sonnes of Ioel: Shemaiah his sonne: Gog his sonne: Shimei his sonne:
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For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)
- King James Version
Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him {came} the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
- New American Standard Version (1995)