Genesis 49:1-4

New King James Version

² “Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob,
And listen to Israel your father.

³ “Reuben, you are ^(C)my firstborn,
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
⁴ Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you ^(D)went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.