Genesis 49:2-4

Wycliffe Bible

² be ye gathered [together], and hear, ye sons of Jacob, hear ye Israel your father (listen to your father Israel).

³ Reuben, my first begotten son, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; thou oughtest to be the former in gifts, the more in lordship (thou ought to be the first in gifts, and the greatest in power, or in authority);

⁴ (but) thou art shed out as water; wax thou not, for thou ascendedest on the bed of thy father, and defouledest his bed.