1. And Ya‛aqoḇ called his sons and said, “Gather together, so that I declare to you what is to befall you in the last days:
2. “Gather together and hear, you sons of Ya‛aqoḇ, and listen to Yisra’ĕl your father.
3. “Re’uḇĕn, you are my first-born, my power and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of exaltation and the excellency of power.
4. “Boiling like water, you do not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then you defiled it – he went up to my couch.