181. And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, _that Reuben
went and lay with Bilhah_, his father's concubine, and Israel heard it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. Gen. xxxv. 22.
182. Reuben (says Jacob) thou art my first-born, my might, and the
beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, the excellency of
power. 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.
Gen. xlix. 3; 4.