1. Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together so that I can tell you what will happen with you in days to come.
2. Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob! Listen to Israel your father!
3. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, and the firstfruit of my vigor, excelling in rank and excelling in power.
4. Unstable as water, you shall not excel any longer, for you went up upon the bed of your father, then defiled it. You went up upon my couch!
5. Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. Let me not come into their council.