Genesis 49:23 - Prayer Tents

49Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, "Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what shall befall you in the days to come.H3290H7121H1121H559H622H5046H7122H319H3117 2"Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob; And listen to Israel your father.H6908H8085H1121H3290H8085H3478H1 3"Reuben, you are my first-born; My might and the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.H7205H1060H3581H7225H202H3499H7613H3499H5794 4"Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled [it]— he went up to my couch.H6349H4325H3498H5927H1H4904H2490H5927H3326 5"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence.H8095H3878H251H3627H2555H4380 6"Let my soul not enter into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen.H5315H935H5475H6951H3519H3161H639H2026H376H7522H6131H7794 7"Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.H779H639H5794H5678H7185H2505H3290H6327H3478 8"Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's sons shall bow down to you.H3063H251H3034H3027H6203H341H1H1121H7812 9"Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?H3063H738H1482H2964H1121H5927H3766H7257H738H3833H6965 10"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him [shall be] the obedience of the peoples.H7626H5493H3063H2710H7272H3588H7886H935H3349H5971 11"He ties [his] foal to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes.H631H5895H1612H860H1121H8321H3526H3830H3196H5497H1818H6025 12"His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth white from milk.H5869H2447H3196H8127H3836H2461 13"Zebulun shall dwell at the seashore; And he [shall be] a haven for ships, And his flank [shall be] toward Sidon.H2074H7931H2348H3220H2348H591H3411H6721 14"Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the sheepfolds.H3485H1634H2543H7257H4942 15"When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear [burdens], And became a slave at forced labor.H7200H4496H2896H776H5276H5186H7926H5445H5647H4522 16"Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.H1835H1777H5971H259H7626H3478 17"Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned snake in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward.H1835H5175H1870H8207H734H5391H5483H6119H7392H5307H268 18"For Thy salvation I wait, O LORD.H6960H3444H3068 19"As for Gad, raiders shall raid him, But he shall raid [at] their heels.H1410H1416H1464H1464H6119 20"As for Asher, his food shall be rich, And he shall yield royal dainties.H836H3899H8082H5414H4428H4574 21"Naphtali is a doe let loose, He gives beautiful words.H5321H355H7971H5414H8233H561 22"Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a spring; [Its] branches run over a wall.H3130H6509H1121H6509H1121H5869H1323H6805H7791 23"The archers bitterly attacked him, And shot [at him] and harassed him;H1167H2671H4843H7232H7852 24But his bow remained firm, And his arms were agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),H7198H3427H386H2220H3027H6339H3027H46H3290H7462H68H3478 25From the God of your father who helps you, And by the Almighty who blesses you [With] blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.H410H1H5826H854H7706H1288H1293H8064H5920H1293H8415H7257H1293H7699H7356 26"The blessings of your father Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; May they be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.H1293H1H1396H1293H2029H8379H5769H1389H7218H3130H6936H5139H251 27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil."H1144H2963H2061H1242H398H5706H6153H2505H7998 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.H6240H8147H7626H3478H1H1696H1288H834H376H1293H1288 29Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,H6680H559H622H5971H6912H1H4631H7704H6085H2850 30in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site.H4631H7704H4375H6440H4471H776H3667H85H7069H7704H6085H2850H272H6913 31"There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah—H6912H85H8283H802H6912H3327H7259H802H6912H3812 32the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth. "H4735H7704H4631H1121H2845 33When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.H3290H3615H6680H1121H622H7272H4296H1478H622H5971