ASV_Strong : Genesis 49
1. And Jacob[H3290] called[H7121] unto his sons[H1121], and said[H559]: Gather yourselves together[H622], that I may tell[H5046] you that which shall befall[H7122] you in the latter[H319] days[H3117].
2. Assemble yourselves[H6908], and hear[H8085], ye sons[H1121] of Jacob[H3290]; And hearken[H8085] unto Israel[H3478] your father[H1].
3. Reuben[H7205], thou art my first-born[H1060], my might[H3581], and the beginning[H7225] of my strength[H202]; The pre-eminence[H3499] of dignity[H7613], and the pre-eminence[H3499] of power[H5794].
4. Boiling[H6349] over as water[H4325], thou shalt not have the pre-eminence[H3498]; Because thou wentest up[H5927] to thy father[H1]'s bed[H4904]; Then defiledst thou[H2490] it[H5927]: he went up to my couch[H3326].
5. Simeon[H8095] and Levi[H3878] are brethren[H251]; Weapons[H3627] of violence[H2555] are their swords[H4380].
6. O my soul[H5315], come[H935] not thou into their council[H5475]; Unto their assembly[H6951], my glory[H3519], be not thou united[H3161]; For in their anger[H639] they slew[H2026] a man[H376], And in their self-will[H7522] they hocked[H6131] an ox[H7794].
7. Cursed[H779] be their anger[H639], for it was fierce[H5794]; And their wrath[H5678], for it was cruel[H7185]: I will divide[H2505] them in Jacob[H3290], And scatter[H6327] them in Israel[H3478].
8. Judah[H3063], thee shall thy brethren[H251] praise[H3034]: Thy hand[H3027] shall be on the neck[H6203] of thine enemies[H341]; Thy father[H1]'s sons[H1121] shall bow down before thee[H7812].
9. Judah[H3063] is a lion[H738]'s whelp[H1482]; From the prey[H2964], my son[H1121], thou art gone up[H5927]: He stooped down[H3766], he couched[H7257] as a lion[H3833], And as a lioness[H3833]; who shall rouse him up[H6965]?
10. The sceptre[H7626] shall not depart[H5493] from Judah[H3063], Nor the ruler[H2710]'s staff from between his feet[H7272], Until[H3588] Shiloh[H7886] come[H935]; And unto him shall the obedience[H3349] of the peoples be[H5971].
11. Binding[H631] his foal[H5895] unto the vine[H1612], And his ass[H860]'s colt[H1121] unto the choice vine[H8321]; He hath washed[H3526] his garments[H3830] in wine[H3196], And his vesture[H5497] in the blood[H1818] of grapes[H6025]:
12. His eyes[H5869] shall be red[H2447] with wine[H3196], And his teeth[H8127] white[H3836] with milk[H2461].
13. Zebulun[H2074] shall dwell[H7931] at the haven[H2348] of the sea[H3220]; And he shall be for a haven[H2348] of ships[H591]; And his border[H3411] shall be upon Sidon[H6721].
14. Issachar[H3485] is a strong[H1634] ass[H2543], Couching down[H7257] between the sheepfolds[H4942]:
15. And he saw[H7200] a resting-place[H4496] that it was good[H2896], And the land[H776] that it was pleasant[H5276]; And he bowed[H5186] his shoulder[H7926] to bear[H5445], And became a servant[H5647] under taskwork[H4522].
16. Dan[H1835] shall judge[H1777] his people[H5971], As one[H259] of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478].
17. Dan[H1835] shall be a serpent[H5175] in the way[H1870], An adder[H8207] in the path[H734], That biteth[H5391] the horse[H5483]'s heels[H6119], So that his rider[H7392] falleth[H5307] backward[H268].
18. I have waited for[H6960] thy salvation[H3444], O Jehovah[H3068].
19. Gad[H1410], a troop[H1416] shall press[H1464] upon him[H1464]; But he shall press upon their heel[H6119].
20. Out of Asher[H836] his bread[H3899] shall be fat[H8082], And he shall yield[H5414] royal[H4428] dainties[H4574].
21. Naphtali[H5321] is a hind[H355] let loose[H7971]: He giveth[H5414] goodly[H8233] words[H561].
22. Joseph[H3130] is a fruitful[H6509] bough[H1121], A fruitful[H6509] bough[H1121] by a fountain[H5869]; His branches[H1323] run[H6805] over the wall[H7791].
23. The archers[H1167] have sorely grieved him[H4843], And shot[H7232] at him[H7852], and persecuted him:
24. But his bow[H7198] abode[H3427] in strength[H386], And the arms[H2220] of his hands[H3027] were made strong[H6339], By the hands[H3027] of the Mighty[H46] One of Jacob[H3290] (From thence is the shepherd[H7462], the stone[H68] of Israel[H3478]),
25. Even by the God[H410] of thy father[H1], who shall help[H5826] thee[H854], And by the Almighty[H7706], who shall bless[H1288] thee[H1293], With blessings of heaven[H8064] above[H5920], Blessings[H1293] of the deep[H8415] that coucheth[H7257] beneath[H1293], Blessings of the breasts[H7699], and of the womb[H7356].
26. The blessings[H1293] of thy father[H1] Have prevailed[H1396] above the blessings[H1293] of my progenitors[H2029] Unto the utmost bound[H8379] of the everlasting[H5769] hills[H1389]: They shall be on the head[H7218] of Joseph[H3130], And on the crown of the head[H6936] of him that was separate[H5139] from his brethren[H251].
27. Benjamin[H1144] is a wolf[H2061] that raveneth[H2963]: In the morning[H1242] he shall devour[H398] the prey[H5706], And at even[H6153] he shall divide[H2505] the spoil[H7998].
28. All these are the twelve[H6240] tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478]: and this is it that their father[H1] spake[H1696] unto them and blessed[H1288] them[H834]; every one[H376] according to his blessing[H1293] he blessed them[H1288].
29. And he charged[H6680] them[H559], and said unto them[H622], I am to be gathered unto my people[H5971]: bury[H6912] me with my fathers[H1] in the cave[H4631] that is in the field[H7704] of Ephron[H6085] the Hittite[H2850],
30. in the cave[H4631] that is in the field[H7704] of Machpelah[H4375], which is before[H6440] Mamre[H4471], in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], which Abraham[H85] bought[H7069] with the field[H7704] from Ephron[H6085] the Hittite[H2850] for a possession[H272] of a burying-place[H6913].
31. There they buried[H6912] Abraham[H85] and Sarah[H8283] his wife[H802]; there they buried[H6912] Isaac[H3327] and Rebekah[H7259] his wife[H802]; and there I buried[H6912] Leah[H3812]—
32. the field[H7704] and the cave[H4631] that is therein[H4735], which was purchased from the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845].
33. And when Jacob[H3290] made an end[H3615] of charging[H6680] his sons[H1121], he gathered up[H622] his feet[H7272] into the bed[H4296], and yielded up the ghost[H1478], and was gathered[H622] unto his people[H5971].
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