² “Assemble^(C) and listen, sons of Jacob;
    listen to your father Israel.^(D)

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

²² “Joseph^(A) is a fruitful vine,^(B)
    a fruitful vine near a spring,
    whose branches^(C) climb over a wall.^[a]
23 With bitterness archers attacked him;^(D)
    they shot at him with hostility.^(E)
24 But his bow remained steady,^(F)
    his strong arms^(G) stayed^[b] limber,
because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,^(H)
    because of the Shepherd,^(I) the Rock of Israel,^(J)
25 because of your father’s God,^(K) who helps^(L) you,
    because of the Almighty,^[c](M) who blesses you
with blessings of the skies above,
    blessings of the deep springs below,^(N)
    blessings of the breast^(O) and womb.^(P)
26 Your father’s blessings are greater
    than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
    than^[d] the bounty of the age-old hills.^(Q)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,^(R)
    on the brow of the prince among^[e] his brothers.^(S)