1 Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.
2 “Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob;listen to Israel, your father.
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn,my might and the beginning of my strength,outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.
4 You are destructive like water and will not excel,for you got on your father’s bed,then you defiled it – he got on my couch!
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers,weapons of violence are their knives!
6 O my soul, do not come into their council,do not be united to their assembly, my heart,for in their anger they have killed men,and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.