Genesis 49:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons

49 Then Jacob called his sons, and said: ‘Gather around, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

²Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel your father.

³‘Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might and the first fruits of my vigour,
excelling in rank and excelling in power.

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