Genesis 49:3-5

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³ Reuben, you are my firstborn,
    my might and the first fruits of my vigor,
    excelling in rank and excelling in power.^(A)
4 Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel
    because you went up onto your father’s bed;
    then you defiled it—you^[a] went up onto my couch!^(B)

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers;
    weapons of violence are their swords.^(C)