³ “Reuben, you are my firstborn,^(A)
    my might, the first sign of my strength,^(B)
    excelling in honor,^(C) excelling in power.
⁴ Turbulent as the waters,^(D) you will no longer excel,
    for you went up onto your father’s bed,
    onto my couch and defiled it.^(E)