Normally, this privilege would go to the tribe of Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. But in his deathbed prophecy, Jacob foretold that Reuben was not to excel, having forfeited his right as the firstborn.
खरे पाहता हा सन्मान याकोबाचा ज्येष्ठ पुत्र रऊबेन याला मिळण्यास हवा होता.