Genesis 49:23 - Prayer Tents

49Then Jacob called for his sons and said: "Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.H3290H7121H1121H559H622H5046H7122H319H3117 2"Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.H6908H8085H1121H3290H8085H3478H1 3"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.H7205H1060H3581H7225H202H3499H7613H3499H5794 4Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father's bed, onto my couch and defiled it.H6349H4325H3498H5927H1H4904H2490H5927H3326 5"Simeon and Levi are brothers—their swords are weapons of violence.H8095H3878H251H3627H2555H4380 6Let 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.H5315H935H5475H6951H3519H3161H639H2026H376H7522H6131H7794 7Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.H779H639H5794H5678H7185H2505H3290H6327H3478 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.H3063H251H3034H3027H6203H341H1H1121H7812 9You 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?H3063H738H1482H2964H1121H5927H3766H7257H738H3833H6965 10The 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 be his.H7626H5493H3063H2710H7272H3588H7886H935H3349H5971 11He 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.H631H5895H1612H860H1121H8321H3526H3830H3196H5497H1818H6025 12His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.H5869H2447H3196H8127H3836H2461 13"Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.H2074H7931H2348H3220H2348H591H3411H6721 14"Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down among the sheep pens.H3485H1634H2543H7257H4942 15When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.H7200H4496H2896H776H5276H5186H7926H5445H5647H4522 16"Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.H1835H1777H5971H259H7626H3478 17Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse's heels so that its rider tumbles backward.H1835H5175H1870H8207H734H5391H5483H6119H7392H5307H268 18"I look for your deliverance, LORD.H6960H3444H3068 19"Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.H1410H1416H1464H1464H6119 20"Asher's food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.H836H3899H8082H5414H4428H4574 21"Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.H5321H355H7971H5414H8233H561 22"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.H3130H6509H1121H6509H1121H5869H1323H6805H7791 23With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.H1167H2671H4843H7232H7852 24But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,H7198H3427H386H2220H3027H6339H3027H46H3290H7462H68H3478 25because of your father's God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breast and womb.H410H1H5826H854H7706H1288H1293H8064H5920H1293H8415H7257H1293H7699H7356 26Your father's blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.H1293H1H1396H1293H2029H8379H5769H1389H7218H3130H6936H5139H251 27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."H1144H2963H2061H1242H398H5706H6153H2505H7998 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.H6240H8147H7626H3478H1H1696H1288H834H376H1293H1288 29Then he gave them these instructions: "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,H6680H559H622H5971H6912H1H4631H7704H6085H2850 30the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.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 in it were bought from the Hittites. "H4735H7704H4631H1121H2845 33When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.H3290H3615H6680H1121H622H7272H4296H1478H622H5971