Genesis 49:23 - Prayer Tents

Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons

49And Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:H3290H7121H1121H559H622H5046H7122H319H3117 2"Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.H6908H8085H1121H3290H8085H3478H1 3"Reuben, you are my firstborn, My might and the beginning of my strength, The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.H7205H1060H3581H7225H202H3499H7613H3499H5794 4Unstable as water, you shall not excel, 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; Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place.H8095H3878H251H3627H2555H4380 6Let not my soul enter their council; Let not my honor be united to their assembly; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.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 8"Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's children shall bow down before you.H3063H251H3034H3027H6203H341H1H1121H7812 9Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?H3063H738H1482H2964H1121H5927H3766H7257H738H3833H6965 10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.H7626H5493H3063H2710H7272H3588H7886H935H3349H5971 11Binding his donkey to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes.H631H5895H1612H860H1121H8321H3526H3830H3196H5497H1818H6025 12His eyes are darker than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.H5869H2447H3196H8127H3836H2461 13"Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, And his border shall adjoin Sidon.H2074H7931H2348H3220H2348H591H3411H6721 14"Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between two burdens;H3485H1634H2543H7257H4942 15He saw that rest was good, And that the land was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden, And became a band of slaves.H7200H4496H2896H776H5276H5186H7926H5445H5647H4522 16"Dan shall judge his people As one of the tribes of Israel.H1835H1777H5971H259H7626H3478 17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, A viper by the path, That bites the horse's heels So that its rider shall fall backward.H1835H5175H1870H8207H734H5391H5483H6119H7392H5307H268 18I have waited for your salvation, O LORD!H6960H3444H3068 19"Gad, a troop shall tramp upon him, But he shall triumph at last.H1410H1416H1464H1464H6119 20"Bread from Asher shall be rich, And he shall yield royal dainties.H836H3899H8082H5414H4428H4574 21"Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.H5321H355H7971H5414H8233H561 22"Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.H3130H6509H1121H6509H1121H5869H1323H6805H7791 23The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him.H1167H2671H4843H7232H7852 24But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),H7198H3427H386H2220H3027H6339H3027H46H3290H7462H68H3478 25By the God of your father who will help you, And 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 Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.H1293H1H1396H1293H2029H8379H5769H1389H7218H3130H6936H5139H251 27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil."H1144H2963H2061H1242H398H5706H6153H2505H7998 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.H6240H8147H7626H3478H1H1696H1288H834H376H1293H1288

Jacob’s Death and Burial

29Then he charged them and said to them: "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,H6680H559H622H5971H6912H1H4631H7704H6085H2850 30"in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.H4631H7704H4375H6440H4471H776H3667H85H7069H7704H6085H2850H272H6913 31"There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.H6912H85H8283H802H6912H3327H7259H802H6912H3812 32"The field and the cave that is there were purchased from the sons of Heth."H4735H7704H4631H1121H2845 33And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.H3290H3615H6680H1121H622H7272H4296H1478H622H5971