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1 Jacob called his sons and said: “Gather around, that I may tell you what is to happen to you in days to come. 2 “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob, listen to Israel, your father. 3 “You, Reuben, my firstborn, my strength and the first fruit of my vigor, excelling in rank and excelling in power! 4 Turbulent as water, you shall no longer excel, for you climbed into your father’s bed and defiled my couch to my sorrow. 5 “Simeon and Levi, brothers indeed, weapons of violence are their knives. 6 Let not my person enter their council, or my honor be joined with their company; For in their fury they killed men, at their whim they maimed oxen. 7 Cursed be their fury so fierce, and their rage so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob, disperse them throughout Israel. Genesis 49:1-7, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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