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Genesis 49
49:1

And Jacob3290 called7121 unto his sons,1121 and said,559 Gather622 yourselves together, that I may tell5046 you that which shall befall7122 you in the last319 days.3117

49:2

Gather yourselves together,6908 and hear,8085 ye sons1121 of Jacob;3290 and hearken8085 unto Israel3478 your father.1

49:3

Reuben,7205 thou art my firstborn,1060 my might,3581 and the beginning7225 of my strength,202 the excellency3499 of dignity,7613 and the excellency3499 of power:5794

49:4

Unstable6349 as water,4325 thou shalt not excel;3498 because thou wentest up5927 to thy father's1 bed;4904 then defiledst thou2490 it: he went up5927 to my couch.3326

49:5

Simeon8095 and Levi3878 are brethren;251 instruments3627 of cruelty2555 are in their habitations.4380

49:6

O my soul,5315 come935 not thou into their secret;5475 unto their assembly,6951 mine honour,3519 be not thou united:3161 for in their anger639 they slew2026 a man,376 and in their selfwill7522 they digged down6131 a wall.7794

49:7

Cursed779 be their anger,639 for it was fierce;5794 and their wrath,5678 for it was cruel:7185 I will divide2505 them in Jacob,3290 and scatter6327 them in Israel.3478

49:8

Judah,3063 thou art he whom thy brethren251 shall praise:3034 thy hand3027 shall be in the neck6203 of thine enemies;341 thy father's1 children1121 shall bow down7812 before thee.

49:9

Judah3063 is a lion's738 whelp:1484 from the prey,2964 my son,1121 thou art gone up:5927 he stooped down,3766 he couched7257 as a lion,738 and as an old lion;3833 who shall rouse him up?6965

49:10

The sceptre7626 shall not depart5493 from Judah,3063 nor a lawgiver2710 from between his feet,7272 until3588 Shiloh7886 come;935 and unto him shall the gathering3349 of the people5971 be.

49:11

Binding631 his foal5895 unto the vine,1612 and his ass's860 colt1121 unto the choice vine;8321 he washed3526 his garments3830 in wine,3196 and his clothes5497 in the blood1818 of grapes:6025

49:12

His eyes5869 shall be red2447 with wine,3196 and his teeth8127 white3836 with milk.2461

49:13

Zebulun2074 shall dwell7931 at the haven2348 of the sea;3220 and he shall be for an haven2348 of ships;591 and his border3411 shall be unto Zidon.6721

49:14

Issachar3485 is a strong1634 donkey2543 couching down7257 between two burdens:4942

49:15

And he saw7200 that rest4496 was good,2896 and the land776 that it was pleasant;5276 and bowed5186 his shoulder7926 to bear,5445 and became a servant5647 unto tribute.4522

49:16

Dan1835 shall judge1777 his people,5971 as one259 of the tribes7626 of Israel.3478

49:17

Dan1835 shall be a serpent5175 by the way,1870 an adder8207 in the path,734 that biteth5391 the horse5483 heels,6119 so that his rider7392 shall fall5307 backward.268

49:18

I have waited6960 for thy salvation,3444 O Yahweh.3068

49:19

Gad,1410 a troop1416 shall overcome1464 him: but he shall overcome1464 at the last.6119

49:20

Out of Asher836 his bread3899 shall be fat,8082 and he shall yield5414 royal4428 dainties.4574

49:21

Naphtali5321 is a hind355 let loose:7971 he giveth5414 goodly8233 words.561

49:22

Joseph3130 is a fruitful6509 bough,1121 even a fruitful6509 bough1121 by a well;5869 whose branches1323 run over6805 the wall:7791

49:23

The archers1167 have sorely grieved4843 him, and shot7232 at him, and hated7852 him:

49:24

But his bow7198 abode3427 in strength,386 and the arms2220 of his hands3027 were made strong6339 by the hands3027 of the mighty46 El of Jacob;3290 (from thence is the shepherd,7462 the stone68 of Israel:)3478

49:25

Even by the El410 of thy father,1 who shall help5826 thee; and by854 the Almighty,7706 who shall bless1288 thee with blessings1293 of heaven8064 above,5920 blessings1293 of the deep8415 that lieth7257 under, blessings1293 of the breasts,7699 and of the womb:7356

49:26

The blessings1293 of thy father1 have prevailed1396 above the blessings1293 of my progenitors2029 unto the utmost bound8379 of the everlasting5769 hills:1389 they shall be on the head7218 of Joseph,3130 and on the crown of the head6936 of him that was separate5139 from his brethren.251

49:27

Benjamin1144 shall ravin2963 as a wolf:2061 in the morning1242 he shall devour398 the prey,5706 and at night6153 he shall divide2505 the spoil.7998

49:28

All these are the twelve6240 tribes7626 of Israel:3478 and this is it that their father1 spake1696 unto them, and blessed1288 them; every834 one376 according to his blessing1293 he blessed1288 them.

49:29

And he charged6680 them, and said559 unto them, I am to be gathered622 unto my people:5971 bury6912 me with my fathers1 in the cave4631 that is in the field7704 of Ephron6085 the Hittite,2850

49:30

In the cave4631 that is in the field7704 of Machpelah,4375 which is before6440 Mamre,4471 in the land776 of Canaan,3667 which Abraham85 bought7069 with the field7704 of Ephron6085 the Hittite2850 for a possession272 of a buryingplace.6913

49:31

There they buried6912 Abraham85 and Sarah8283 his wife;802 there they buried6912 Isaac3327 and Rebekah7259 his wife;802 and there I buried6912 Leah.3812

49:32

The purchase4735 of the field7704 and of the cave4631 that is therein was from the children1121 of Heth.2845

49:33

And when Jacob3290 had made an end3615 of commanding6680 his sons,1121 he gathered622 up his feet7272 into the bed,4296 and yielded up the breath,1478 and was gathered622 unto his people.5971