Genesis 49:3-7
English Standard Version
3 “Reuben, you are (A)my firstborn,
my might, and the (B)firstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you (C)went up to your father's bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
5 (D)“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons (E)of violence are their swords.
6 Let my soul come not into their council;
(F)O my glory, (G)be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they (H)hamstrung oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will (I)divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.