1 Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, “Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.
2 “Come and listen, you sons of Jacob;listen to Israel, your father.
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength,the child of my vigorous youth.You are first in rank and first in power.
4 But you are as unruly as a flood,and you will be first no longer.For you went to bed with my wife;you defiled my marriage couch.