1. And Jacob called unto his sons and said, Gather yourselves together that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2. Gather yourselves together and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father.
3. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, principal in dignity, and the principal in power.
4. Unstable as water, thou shalt not be principal because thou didst go up to thy father’s bed; then thou became defiled, going up to my couch.
5. Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of injustice are their weapons.
6. Let my soul not enter into their secret; nor let my honour join their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their own will they dug down a wall.