Genesis 49:23 - Prayer Tents

49Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.H3290H7121H1121H559H622H5046H7122H319H3117 2Come together and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel:H6908H8085H1121H3290H8085H3478H1 3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my virility, excelling in prominence, excelling in power.H7205H1060H3581H7225H202H3499H7613H3499H5794 4Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel, because you got into your father's bed and you defiled it— he got into my bed.H6349H4325H3498H5927H1H4904H2490H5927H3326 5Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.H8095H3878H251H3627H2555H4380 6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.H5315H935H5475H6951H3519H3161H639H2026H376H7522H6131H7794 7Their anger is cursed, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is cruel! I will disperse them throughout Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.H779H639H5794H5678H7185H2505H3290H6327H3478 8Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies; your father's sons will bow down to you.H3063H251H3034H3027H6203H341H1H1121H7812 9Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the kill— he crouches; he lies down like a lion and like a lioness— who wants to rouse him?H3063H738H1482H2964H1121H5927H3766H7257H738H3833H6965 10The scepter will not depart from Judah, or the staff from between his feet, until He whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to Him.H7626H5493H3063H2710H7272H3588H7886H935H3349H5971 11He ties his donkey to a vine, and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine, and his robes in the blood of grapes.H631H5895H1612H860H1121H8321H3526H3830H3196H5497H1818H6025 12His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.H5869H2447H3196H8127H3836H2461 13Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon.H2074H7931H2348H3220H2348H591H3411H6721 14Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags.H3485H1634H2543H7257H4942 15He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load and became a forced laborer.H7200H4496H2896H776H5276H5186H7926H5445H5647H4522 16Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.H1835H1777H5971H259H7626H3478 17He will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horses' heels so that its rider falls backwards.H1835H5175H1870H8207H734H5391H5483H6119H7392H5307H268 18I wait for Your salvation, LORD.H6960H3444H3068 19Gad will be attacked by [marauding] bands, but he will attack their heels.H1410H1416H1464H1464H6119 20Asher's food will be rich, and he will produce royal delicacies.H836H3899H8082H5414H4428H4574 21Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.H5321H355H7971H5414H8233H561 22Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.H3130H6509H1121H6509H1121H5869H1323H6805H7791 23The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.H1167H2671H4843H7232H7852 24Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong 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 helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.H410H1H5826H854H7706H1288H1293H8064H5920H1293H8415H7257H1293H7699H7356 26The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the eternal hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the prince of his brothers.H1293H1H1396H1293H2029H8379H5769H1389H7218H3130H6936H5139H251 27Benjamin is a wolf; he tears [his prey.] In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder."H1144H2963H2061H1242H398H5706H6153H2505H7998 28These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.H6240H8147H7626H3478H1H1696H1288H834H376H1293H1288 29Then he commanded them: "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 is in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.H4631H7704H4375H6440H4471H776H3667H85H7069H7704H6085H2850H272H6913 31Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there, and I buried Leah there.H6912H85H8283H802H6912H3327H7259H802H6912H3812 32The field and the cave in it [were purchased] from the Hittites."H4735H7704H4631H1121H2845 33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and died. He was gathered to his people.H3290H3615H6680H1121H622H7272H4296H1478H622H5971