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Genesis 49

Good News Translation GNT

1 Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the future:

2 "Come together and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.

3 "Reuben, my first-born, you are my strength And the first child of my manhood, The proudest and strongest of all my sons.

4 You are like a raging flood, But you will not be the most important, For you slept with my concubine And dishonored your father's bed.

5 "Simeon and Levi are brothers. They use their weapons to commit violence.

6 I will not join in their secret talks, Nor will I take part in their meetings, For they killed people in anger And they crippled bulls for sport.

7 A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.

8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. You hold your enemies by the neck. Your brothers will bow down before you.

9 Judah is like a lion, Killing his victim and returning to his den, Stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.

10 Judah will hold the royal scepter, And his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute And bow in obedience before him.

11 He ties his young donkey to a grapevine, To the very best of the vines. He washes his clothes in blood-red wine.

12 His eyes are bloodshot from drinking wine, His teeth white from drinking milk.

13 "Zebulun will live beside the sea. His shore will be a haven for ships. His territory will reach as far as Sidon.

14 "Issachar is no better than a donkey That lies stretched out between its saddlebags.

15 But he sees that the resting place is good And that the land is delightful. So he bends his back to carry the load And is forced to work as a slave.

16 "Dan will be a ruler for his people. They will be like the other tribes of Israel.

17 Dan will be a snake at the side of the road, A poisonous snake beside the path, That strikes at the horse's heel, So that the rider is thrown off backward.

18 "I wait for your deliverance, Lord.

19 "Gad will be attacked by a band of robbers, But he will turn and pursue them.

20 "Asher's land will produce rich food. He will provide food fit for a king.

21 "Naphtali is a deer that runs free, Who bears lovely fawns.

22 "Joseph is like a wild donkey by a spring, A wild colt on a hillside.

23 His enemies attack him fiercely And pursue him with their bows and arrows.

24 But his bow remains steady, And his arms are made strong By the power of the Mighty God of Jacob, By the Shepherd, the Protector of Israel.

25 It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,

26 Blessings of grain and flowers, Blessings of ancient mountains, Delightful things from everlasting hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, On the brow of the one set apart from his brothers.

27 "Benjamin is like a vicious wolf. Morning and evening he kills and devours."

28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.

29 Then Jacob commanded his sons, "Now that I am going to join my people in death, bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

30 at Machpelah east of Mamre in the land of Canaan. Abraham bought this cave and field from Ephron for a burial ground.

31 That is where they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; that is where they buried Isaac and his wife Rebecca; and that is where I buried Leah.

32 The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites. Bury me there."

33 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he lay back down and died.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.

2 “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

6 Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

8 “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you.

9 Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?

10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

11 Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

13 “Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.

14 “Issachar is a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.

15 He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor.

16 “Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that his rider falls backward.

18 I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

19 “Raiders shall raid Gad, but he shall raid at their heels.

20 “Asher’s food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies.

21 “Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears beautiful fawns.

22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.

23 The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely,

24 yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob(from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),

25 by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil. ”

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.

29 Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

30 in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah—

32 the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites. ”

33 When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.