1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: ‘Gather round so that I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
2 ‘Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;listen to your father Israel.
3 ‘Reuben, you are my firstborn,my might, the first sign of my strength,excelling in honour, excelling in power.
4 Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,for you went up onto your father’s bed,onto my couch and defiled it.