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1 And Jacob called to his sons, and said, Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob: and hearken to Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellence of dignity, and the excellence of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch. 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren: instruments of cruelty are in, their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce: and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. Genesis 49:1-7, Webster's Bible Translation. Public domain.
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