1 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
2 “Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob,And listen to Israel your father.
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,My might and the beginning of my strength,The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not excel,Because you went up to your father’s bed;Then you defiled it—He went up to my couch.
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers;Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place.