A i ka noho ʻana o ʻIseraʻela ma ia ʻāina, hele akula ʻo Reubena, a moe pū ihola me Bileha me ka haiā wahine a kona makua kāne; a lohe aʻela ʻo ʻIseraʻela. ʻO nā keiki kāne a Iakoba he ʻumikumamālua:
“He hū wale me he wai lā, ʻaʻole ʻoe e kela aku; No ka mea, piʻi akula ʻoe i ka moe o kou makua kāne; A laila ʻoe i hoʻohaumia iho ai; Piʻi akula ia i kuʻu wahi moe.
‘ʻO ke kanaka moe me ka wahine a kona makua kāne, ua wehe aʻe ʻo ia i kahi huna o kona makua kāne; e make ʻiʻo nō lāua pū; ma luna o lāua ko lāua koko iho.
“E kuko ana i ka lepo o ka honua ma luna o ke poʻo o nā ʻilihune, A hoʻololi aʻe i ka hoʻāpono ʻia o ka poʻe pōpilikia; A komo aku ke kanaka, a me kona makua kāne i loko i ke kaikamahine hoʻokahi, I mea e hoʻohaumia ai i koʻu inoa hoʻāno.
¶ Ua lohe ʻia ma nā wahi a pau he moekolohe i waena o ʻoukou, he moekolohe ʻike ʻole ʻia i waena o ko nā ʻāina ʻē, i lawe kekahi i ka wahine a kona makua kāne.
¶ ‘E pōʻino ke kanaka ke moe me ka wahine a kona makua kāne; no ka mea, ua wehe aʻe ia i ke kapa moe o kona makua kāne.’ A ʻo nā kānaka a pau e ʻōlelo mai, ‘Pēlā ʻiʻo nō!’