(KJV.) GENESIS 49:1-7
Jacob blesses his children.
(1) AND JACOB called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
(2) Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
(3) Reuben, thou art my firstborn, and might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.
(4) Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel, because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
(5) Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
(6) O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will, they digged down a wall.
(7) Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
ADDENDUM
Why was it necessary for Jacob to curse his children's behaviours?
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