Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 Ya`akov called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
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vocavit autem Iacob filios suos et ait eis congregamini ut adnuntiem quae ventura sunt vobis diebus novissimis
2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Ya`akov; Listen to Yisra'el, your father.
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congregamini et audite filii Iacob audite Israhel patrem vestrum
3 "Re'uven, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
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Ruben primogenitus meus tu fortitudo mea et principium doloris mei prior in donis maior imperio
4 Boiling over as water, you shall not have the pre-eminence; Because you went up to your father's bed; Then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
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effusus es sicut aqua non crescas quia ascendisti cubile patris tui et maculasti stratum eius
5 "Shim`on and Levi are brothers; Weapons of violence are their swords.
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Symeon et Levi fratres vasa iniquitatis bellantia
6 My soul, don't come into their council; My glory, don't be united to their assembly; For in their anger they killed a man, In their self-will they hamstrung an ox.
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in consilio eorum ne veniat anima mea et in coetu illorum non sit gloria mea quia in furore suo occiderunt virum et in voluntate sua suffoderunt murum
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; Their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Ya`akov, Scatter them in Yisra'el.
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maledictus furor eorum quia pertinax et indignatio illorum quia dura dividam eos in Iacob et dispergam illos in Israhel
8 "Yehudah, your brothers will praise you: Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's sons will bow down before you.
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Iuda te laudabunt fratres tui manus tua in cervicibus inimicorum tuorum adorabunt te filii patris tui
9 Yehudah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, As a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
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catulus leonis Iuda a praeda fili mi ascendisti requiescens accubuisti ut leo et quasi leaena quis suscitabit eum
10 The scepter will not depart from Yehudah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
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non auferetur sceptrum de Iuda et dux de femoribus eius donec veniat qui mittendus est et ipse erit expectatio gentium
11 Binding his foal to the vine, His donkey's colt to the choice vine; He has washed his garments in wine, His robes in the blood of grapes:
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ligans ad vineam pullum suum et ad vitem o fili mi asinam suam lavabit vino stolam suam et sanguine uvae pallium suum
12 His eyes will be red with wine, His teeth white with milk.
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pulchriores oculi eius vino et dentes lacte candidiores
13 "Zevulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Tzidon.
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Zabulon in litore maris habitabit et in statione navium pertingens usque ad Sidonem
14 "Yissakhar is a strong donkey, Couching down between the sheepfolds.
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Isachar asinus fortis accubans inter terminos
15 He saw a resting-place, that it was good, The land, that it was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant doing forced labor.
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vidit requiem quod esset bona et terram quod optima et subposuit umerum suum ad portandum factusque est tributis serviens
16 "Dan will judge his people, As one of the tribes of Yisra'el.
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Dan iudicabit populum suum sicut et alia tribus Israhel
17 Dan will be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward.
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fiat Dan coluber in via cerastes in semita mordens ungulas equi ut cadat ascensor eius retro
18 I have waited for your salvation, LORD.
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salutare tuum expectabo Domine
19 "Gad, a troop will press on him; But he will press on their heel.
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Gad accinctus proeliabitur ante eum et ipse accingetur retrorsum
20 Out of Asher his bread will be fat, He will yield royal dainties.
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Aser pinguis panis eius et praebebit delicias regibus
21 "Naftali is a doe set free, Who bears beautiful fawns.
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Nepthalim cervus emissus et dans eloquia pulchritudinis
22 "Yosef is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a spring; His branches run over the wall.
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filius adcrescens Ioseph filius adcrescens et decorus aspectu filiae discurrerunt super murum
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, Shot at him, and persecute him:
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sed exasperaverunt eum et iurgati sunt invideruntque illi habentes iacula
24 But his bow abode in strength, The arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Ya`akov, (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Yisra'el),
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sedit in forti arcus eius et dissoluta sunt vincula brachiorum et manuum illius per manus potentis Iacob inde pastor egressus est lapis Israhel
25 Even by the God of your father, who will help you, By Shaddai, who will bless you, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that couches beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
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Deus patris tui erit adiutor tuus et Omnipotens benedicet tibi benedictionibus caeli desuper benedictionibus abyssi iacentis deorsum benedictionibus uberum et vulvae
26 The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Than the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Yosef, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
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benedictiones patris tui confortatae sunt benedictionibus patrum eius donec veniret desiderium collium aeternorum fiant in capite Ioseph et in vertice nazarei inter fratres suos
27 "Binyamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning she will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."
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Beniamin lupus rapax mane comedet praedam et vespere dividet spolia
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Yisra'el, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
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omnes hii in tribubus Israhel duodecim haec locutus est eis pater suus benedixitque singulis benedictionibus propriis
29 He charged 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 `Efron the Hittite,
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et praecepit eis dicens ego congregor ad populum meum sepelite me cum patribus meis in spelunca duplici quae est in agro Ephron Hetthei
30 in the cave that is in the field of Makhpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Kana`an, which Avraham bought with the field from `Efron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.
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contra Mambre in terra Chanaan quam emit Abraham cum agro ab Ephron Hettheo in possessionem sepulchri
31 There they buried Avraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Yitzchak and Rivka, his wife, and there I buried Le'ah:
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ibi sepelierunt eum et Sarram uxorem eius ibi sepultus est Isaac cum Rebecca coniuge ibi et Lia condita iacet
32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Het."
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finitisque mandatis quibus filios instruebat collegit pedes suos super lectulum et obiit adpositusque est ad populum suum
33 When Ya`akov made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
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