Genesis 49:1-4 ▼

1 Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Gather together that I may tell you what will befall you in the last days.

2 Assemble together and hear, O sons of Jacob; And listen to Israel your father.

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and the beginning of my vigor, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in strength.

4 Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.