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Genesis 49
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49Then Jacob called his sons, and said: "Gather around, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come.H3290H7121H1121H559H622H5046H7122H319H3117 2Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob; listen to Israel your father.H6908H8085H1121H3290H8085H3478H1 3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the first fruits of my vigor, excelling in rank and excelling in power.H7205H1060H3581H7225H202H3499H7613H3499H5794 4Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel because you went up onto your father's bed; then you defiled it—you went up onto my couch!H6349H4325H3498H5927H1H4904H2490H5927H3326 5Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.H8095H3878H251H3627H2555H4380 6May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company—for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.H5315H935H5475H6951H3519H3161H639H2026H376H7522H6131H7794 7Cursed 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.H779H639H5794H5678H7185H2505H3290H6327H3478 8Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.H3063H251H3034H3027H6203H341H1H1121H7812 9Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches down, he stretches out like a lion, like a lioness—who dares rouse him up?H3063H738H1482H2964H1121H5927H3766H7257H738H3833H6965 10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and the obedience of the peoples is his.H7626H5493H3063H2710H7272H3588H7886H935H3349H5971 11Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he washes his garments in wine and his robe in the blood of grapes;H631H5895H1612H860H1121H8321H3526H3830H3196H5497H1818H6025 12his eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.H5869H2447H3196H8127H3836H2461 13Zebulun shall settle at the shore of the sea; he shall be a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.H2074H7931H2348H3220H2348H591H3411H6721 14Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds;H3485H1634H2543H7257H4942 15he saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant; so he bowed his shoulder to the burden, and became a slave at forced labor.H7200H4496H2896H776H5276H5186H7926H5445H5647H4522 16Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.H1835H1777H5971H259H7626H3478 17Dan shall be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse's heels so that its rider falls backward.H1835H5175H1870H8207H734H5391H5483H6119H7392H5307H268 18I wait for your salvation, O LORD.H6960H3444H3068 19Gad shall be raided by raiders, but he shall raid at their heels.H1410H1416H1464H1464H6119 20Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall provide royal delicacies.H836H3899H8082H5414H4428H4574 21Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears lovely fawns.H5321H355H7971H5414H8233H561 22Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.H3130H6509H1121H6509H1121H5869H1323H6805H7791 23The archers fiercely attacked him; they shot at him and pressed him hard.H1167H2671H4843H7232H7852 24Yet his bow remained taut, and his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,H7198H3427H386H2220H3027H6339H3027H46H3290H7462H68H3478 25by 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 lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.H410H1H5826H854H7706H1288H1293H8064H5920H1293H8415H7257H1293H7699H7356 26The blessings of your father are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.H1293H1H1396H1293H2029H8379H5769H1389H7218H3130H6936H5139H251 27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at evening dividing the spoil."H1144H2963H2061H1242H398H5706H6153H2505H7998 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing.H6240H8147H7626H3478H1H1696H1288H834H376H1293H1288 29Then he charged them, saying to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors—in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,H6680H559H622H5971H6912H1H4631H7704H6085H2850 30in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan, in the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.H4631H7704H4375H6440H4471H776H3667H85H7069H7704H6085H2850H272H6913 31There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried; there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried; and there I buried Leah—H6912H85H8283H802H6912H3327H7259H802H6912H3812 32the field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites."H4735H7704H4631H1121H2845 33When Jacob ended his charge to his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.H3290H3615H6680H1121H622H7272H4296H1478H622H5971


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