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Gen_49:3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Ver. 3. My might, and beginning of my strength.] Nate meae vires … The word here used signifieth the straining of the body forcibly to effect a thing much desired: such as was that of St Paul, { åðåêôåéíïìåíïò , Php_3:14} and that of Elijah, {1Ki_18:42} when he prayed and prayed, as St James hath it, that is, with utmost intention of affection ( ðñïóåõ÷ç ðñïóíõîáôï , Jam_5:17).
The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.] That is, saith the Chaldee Paraphrast, Excellens principatu et sacerdotio. Both these he forfeited and fell from; so cannot Christians. {Rev_1:6}