Genesis 49:2-4

21st Century King James Version

² “Gather yourselves together and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father:

³ “Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

⁴ Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel, because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch.