Jacob Blesses His Sons

49 (A)Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you (B)in days to come.

“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,
    listen to Israel your father.

“Reuben, you are (C)my firstborn,
    my might, and the (D)firstfruits of my strength,
    preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
    because you (E)went up to your father's bed;
    then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

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