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Genesis 49:2-27

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2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel, your father:
2 “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
3 Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command.
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
4 Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed, and didst defile his couch.
4 Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
5 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity waging war.
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers— their swords are weapons of violence.
6 Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: because in their fury they slew a man, and in their selfwill they undermined a wall.
6 Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
7 Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.
7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
8 Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies; the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee.
8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9 Juda is a lion’s whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?
9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10 The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
11 Tying his foal to the vineyard, and his ass, O my son, to the vine. He shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.
11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
13 Zabulon shall dwell on the seashore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.
13 “Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.
14 Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders.
14 “Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down among the sheep pens.
15 He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.
15 When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.
16 Dan shall judge his people like another tribe in Israel.
16 “Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels, that his rider may fall backward.
17 Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
18 I will look for thy salvation, O Lord.
18 “I look for your deliverance, LORD.
19 Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.
19 “Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.
20 Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings.
20 “Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
21 Nephthali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
21 “Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
22 Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold: the daughters run to and fro upon the wall;
22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
23 But they that held darts, provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.
23 With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
24 His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel.
24 But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
25 The God of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
25 because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb.
26 The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come: may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.
26 Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
27 Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.
27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
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