1 And Ya‛aqoḇ called his sons and said, “Gather together, so that I declare to you what is to befall you in the last days:
2 “Gather together and hear, you sons of Ya‛aqoḇ, and listen to Yisra’ĕl your father.
3 “Re’uḇĕn, you are my first-born, my power and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of exaltation and the excellency of power.
4 “Boiling like water, you do not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then you defiled it – he went up to my couch.
5 “Shim‛on and Lĕwi are brothers, their weapons are implements of violence.
6 “Let my being not enter their council, let my esteem not be united to their assembly; because they slew a man in their displeasure, and they lamed an ox in pleasure.