Learning From OT Greats: Jacob – Wrestling With Purpose

In the Beginning: A Study in Genesis 37-50

Origins: The Dreamers (Genesis 42–50)

Advent: Catholic Reflections

Year of the Bible: Part Two of Twelve 

The Thread: Part II

A Father's Path

Genesis 49:3-4

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the beginning (the firstfruits) of my manly strength and vigor; [your birthright gave you] the preeminence in dignity and the preeminence in power.
But unstable and boiling over like water, you shall not excel and have the preeminence [of the firstborn], because you went to your father's bed; you defiled it–he went to my couch! [Gen. 35:22.]