Genesis 49:3-5

Easy-to-Read Version

³ “Reuben, my first son, you are my strength,
    the first proof of my manhood.
You were the most honored
    and powerful of all my sons.
⁴ But your passion was like a flood you couldn’t control.
    So you will not remain my most honored son.
You climbed into your father’s bed
    and slept with one of his wives.
You brought shame to my bed,
    to the bed you lay on.

⁵ “Simeon and Levi are brothers.
    They are violent with their swords.