Genesis 49:4
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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.Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
In other translations
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.Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
Hebrew words
פַּחַזpachazdestructivenessH6349כַּמַּיִםkamayimlike <the> waterH4325אַל־'al-may notH408תּוֹתַרtotaryou excelH3498כִּיkiforH3588עָלִיתָ'alitayou went upH5927מִשְׁכְּבֵיmishkevei[the] bed<s> ofH4904אָבִיךָ'avikhafather yourH1אָז'azthenH227חִלַּלְתָּchilaltayou profaned [it]H2490יְצוּעִיyetzu'icouch myH3326עָלָה׃ פ'alahhe went upH5927
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