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Genesis 49

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1Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come. 2Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father. 3“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power. 4Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch. 5“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

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