Genesis 49:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² “Sons of Jacob, come together and listen.
    Listen to your father Israel.

³ “Reuben, you are my oldest son.
    You were my first child. You were the first sign of my strength.
    You were first in honor. You were first in power.
⁴ But you are as unsteady as water. So you won’t be first anymore.
    You had sex with my concubine on my bed.
    You lay on my couch and made it ‘unclean.’