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Genesis 49
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49AND JACOB called for his sons and said, Gather yourselves together [around me], that I may tell you what shall befall you in the latter {or} last days.H3290H7121H1121H559H622H5046H7122H319H3117 2Gather yourselves together and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken to Israel your father.H6908H8085H1121H3290H8085H3478H1 3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the beginning (the firstfruits) of my manly strength {and} vigor; [your birthright gave you] the preeminence in dignity and the preeminence in power.H7205H1060H3581H7225H202H3499H7613H3499H5794 4But unstable {and} boiling over like water, you shall not excel {and} have the preeminence [of the firstborn], because you went to your father's bed; you defiled it--he went to my couch!H6349H4325H3498H5927H1H4904H2490H5927H3326 5Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel]; their swords are weapons of violence.H8095H3878H251H3627H2555H4380 6O my soul, come not into their secret council; unto their assembly let not my honor be united [for I knew nothing of their plot], because in their anger they slew men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites], and in their self-will they disabled oxen.H5315H935H5475H6951H3519H3161H639H2026H376H7522H6131H7794 7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.H779H639H5794H5678H7185H2505H3290H6327H3478 8Judah, you are the one whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down to you.H3063H251H3034H3027H6203H341H1H1121H7812 9Judah, a lion's cub! With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain]. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, and like a lioness--who dares provoke {and} rouse him?H3063H738H1482H2964H1121H5927H3766H7257H738H3833H6965 10The scepter {or} leadership shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes to Whom it belongs, and to Him shall be the obedience of the people.H7626H5493H3063H2710H7272H3588H7886H935H3349H5971 11Binding His foal to the vine and His donkey's colt to the choice vine, He washes His garments in wine and His clothes in the blood of grapes.H631H5895H1612H860H1121H8321H3526H3830H3196H5497H1818H6025 12His eyes are darker {and} more sparkling than wine, and His teeth whiter than milk.H5869H2447H3196H8127H3836H2461 13Zebulun shall live toward the seashore, and he shall be a haven {and} a landing place for ships; and his border shall be toward Sidon.H2074H7931H2348H3220H2348H591H3411H6721 14Issachar is a strong-boned donkey crouching down between the sheepfolds.H3485H1634H2543H7257H4942 15And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor].H7200H4496H2896H776H5276H5186H7926H5445H5647H4522 16Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.H1835H1777H5971H259H7626H3478 17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a horned snake in the path, that bites at the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.H1835H5175H1870H8207H734H5391H5483H6119H7392H5307H268 18I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.H6960H3444H3068 19Gad--a raiding troop shall raid him, but he shall raid at their heels {and} assault them [victoriously].H1410H1416H1464H1464H6119 20Asher's food [supply] shall be rich {and} fat, and he shall yield {and} deliver royal delights.H836H3899H8082H5414H4428H4574 21Naphtali is a hind let loose which yields lovely fawns.H5321H355H7971H5414H8233H561 22Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well (spring or fountain), whose branches run over the wall.H3130H6509H1121H6509H1121H5869H1323H6805H7791 23Skilled archers have bitterly attacked {and} sorely worried him; they have shot at him and persecuted him.H1167H2671H4843H7232H7852 24But his bow remained strong {and} steady {and} rested in the Strength that does not fail him, for the arms of his hands were made strong {and} active by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,H7198H3427H386H2220H3027H6339H3027H46H3290H7462H68H3478 25By the God of your father, Who will help you, and by the Almighty, Who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings lying in the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.H410H1H5826H854H7706H1288H1293H8064H5920H1293H8415H7257H1293H7699H7356 26The blessings of your father [on you] are greater than the blessings of my forefathers [Abraham and Isaac on me] {and} are as lasting as the bounties of the eternal hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was the consecrated one {and} the one separated from his brethren {and} [the one who] is prince among them.H1293H1H1396H1293H2029H8379H5769H1389H7218H3130H6936H5139H251 27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at night dividing the spoil.H1144H2963H2061H1242H398H5706H6153H2505H7998 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one according to the blessing suited to him.H6240H8147H7626H3478H1H1696H1288H834H376H1293H1288 29He charged them and said to them, I am to be gathered to my [departed] people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,H6680H559H622H5971H6912H1H4631H7704H6085H2850 30In the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre in the land of Canaan, that Abraham bought, along with the field of Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a cemetery.H4631H7704H4375H6440H4471H776H3667H85H7069H7704H6085H2850H272H6913 31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.H6912H85H8283H802H6912H3327H7259H802H6912H3812 32The purchase of the field and the cave that is in it was from the sons of Heth.H4735H7704H4631H1121H2845 33When Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his [departed] people.H3290H3615H6680H1121H622H7272H4296H1478H622H5971


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