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Genesis 49:3-13

Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA

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.

New International Version NIV

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

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 are brothers— their swords are weapons of violence.

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 anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.

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 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 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 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 will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.

13 “Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.