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.
7. “Cursed be their displeasure for it is fierce, and their wrath for it is cruel! I divide them in Ya‛aqoḇ and scatter them in Yisra’ĕl.
8. “You, Yehuḏah, your brothers praise you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down before you.