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Reuben, you are my firstborn,
    my strength, and the firstfruit of my vigor,
    excelling in rank and excelling in power.
Unstable[a] as water, you shall not excel any longer,
    for you went up upon the bed of your father,
    then defiled it. You went up upon my couch!
Simeon and Levi are brothers;
    weapons of violence are their swords.
    Let me[b] not come into their council.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:4 Or “reckless”
  2. Genesis 49:5 Or “my soul”