³ “Reuben, you are my oldest son, the child of my vigorous youth. You are the head of the list in rank and in honor. ⁴ But you are unruly as the wild waves of the sea, and you shall be first no longer. I am demoting you, for you slept with one of my wives and thus dishonored me.

⁵ “Simeon and Levi are two of a kind. They are men of violence and injustice.