Genesis 49:4

Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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.

Note thou shalt…: Heb. do not thou excel

Note he went…: or, my couch is gone

KJV · King James Version
Boiling 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.
WEB · World English Bible
Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

Unstable
James 1:6–8; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 3:16
thou shalt not excel
Heb. do not thou excel.
Genesis 46:8; Numbers 32:1–42; Deuteronomy 33:6
because
Genesis 35:22; Deuteronomy 5:21; Deuteronomy 27:20; 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Corinthians 5:1