² “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,
    listen to Israel your father.
³ “Reuben, you are ^(A)my firstborn,
    my might, and the ^(B)firstfruits of my strength,
    pre-eminent in dignity and pre-eminent in power.
⁴ Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence,
    because you ^(C)went up to your father's bed;
    then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!