Genesis 49:3-5

Common English Bible

³ Reuben, you are my oldest son,
    my strength and my first contender,^[a]
    superior in status and superior in might.
⁴ As wild as the waters, you won’t endure,
    for you went up to your father’s bed,
    you went up^[b] and violated my couch.
⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers,
        weapons of violence their stock in trade.