Genesis 49

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Jacob^H3290 called^H7121 unto his sons,^H1121 and said:^H559 Gather yourselves together,^H622 that I may tell^H5046 you that which shall befall^H7122 you in the latter^H319 days.^H3117

2 ♥ 📝 Assemble yourselves,^H6908 and hear,^H8085 ye sons^H1121 of Jacob;^H3290 And hearken^H8085 unto Israel^H3478 your father.^H1

3 ♥ 📝 Reuben,^H7205 thou art my first-born,^H1060 my might,^H3581 and the beginning^H7225 of my strength;^H202 The pre-eminence^H3499 of dignity,^H7613 and the pre-eminence^H3499 of power.^H5794

4 ♥ 📝 Boiling^H6349 over as water,^H4325 thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;^H3498 Because thou wentest up^H5927 to thy father's^H1 bed;^H4904 Then defiledst thou^H2490 it: he went up^H5927 to my couch.^H3326

5 ♥ 📝 Simeon^H8095 and Levi^H3878 are brethren;^H251 Weapons^H3627 of violence^H2555 are their swords.^H4380

6 ♥ 📝 O my soul,^H5315 come^H935 not thou into their council;^H5475 Unto their assembly,^H6951 my glory,^H3519 be not thou united;^H3161 For in their anger^H639 they slew^H2026 a man,^H376 And in their self-will^H7522 they hocked^H6131 [ an ox.]^H7794

7 ♥ 📝 Cursed^H779 be their anger,^H639 for it was fierce;^H5794 And their wrath,^H5678 for it was cruel:^H7185 I will divide^H2505 them in Jacob,^H3290 And scatter^H6327 them in Israel.^H3478

8 ♥ 📝 Judah,^H3063 thee shall thy brethren^H251 praise:^H3034 Thy hand^H3027 shall be on the neck^H6203 of thine enemies;^H341 Thy father's^H1 sons^H1121 shall bow down^H7812 before thee.

9 ♥ 📝 Judah^H3063 is a lion's^H738 whelp;^H1482 From the prey,^H2964 my son,^H1121 thou art gone up:^H5927 He stooped down,^H3766 he couched^H7257 as a lion,^H3833 And as a lioness;^H3833 who shall rouse him up?^H6965

10 ♥ 📝 The sceptre^H7626 shall not depart^H5493 from Judah,^H3063 Nor the ruler's^H2710 staff from between his feet,^H7272 Until^H3588 Shiloh^H7886 come;^H935 And unto him shall the obedience^H3349 of the peoples^H5971 be.

11 ♥ 📝 Binding^H631 his foal^H5895 unto the vine,^H1612 And his ass's^H860 colt^H1121 unto the choice vine;^H8321 He hath washed^H3526 his garments^H3830 in wine,^H3196 And his vesture^H5497 in the blood^H1818 of grapes:^H6025

12 ♥ 📝 His eyes^H5869 shall be red^H2447 with wine,^H3196 And his teeth^H8127 white^H3836 with milk.^H2461

13 ♥ 📝 Zebulun^H2074 shall dwell^H7931 at the haven^H2348 of the sea;^H3220 And he shall be for a haven^H2348 of ships;^H591 And his border^H3411 shall be upon Sidon.^H6721

14 ♥ 📝 Issachar^H3485 is a strong^H1634 ass,^H2543 Couching down^H7257 between the sheepfolds:^H4942

15 ♥ 📝 And he saw^H7200 a resting-place^H4496 that it was good,^H2896 And the land^H776 that it was pleasant;^H5276 And he bowed^H5186 his shoulder^H7926 to bear,^H5445 And became a servant^H5647 under taskwork.^H4522

16 ♥ 📝 Dan^H1835 shall judge^H1777 his people,^H5971 As one^H259 of the tribes^H7626 of Israel.^H3478

17 ♥ 📝 Dan^H1835 shall be a serpent^H5175 in the way,^H1870 An adder^H8207 in the path,^H734 That biteth^H5391 the horse's^H5483 heels,^H6119 So that his rider^H7392 falleth^H5307 backward.^H268

18 ♥ 📝 I have waited for^H6960 thy salvation,^H3444 O Jehovah.^H3068

19 ♥ 📝 Gad,^H1410 a troop^H1416 shall press^H1464 upon him; But he shall press^H1464 upon their heel.^H6119

20 ♥ 📝 Out of Asher^H836 his bread^H3899 shall be fat,^H8082 And he shall yield^H5414 royal^H4428 dainties.^H4574

21 ♥ 📝 Naphtali^H5321 is a hind^H355 let loose:^H7971 He giveth^H5414 goodly^H8233 words.^H561

22 ♥ 📝 Joseph^H3130 is a fruitful^H6509 bough,^H1121 A fruitful^H6509 bough^H1121 by a fountain;^H5869 His branches^H1323 run^H6805 over the wall.^H7791

23 ♥ 📝 The archers^H1167 have sorely grieved him,^H4843 And shot^H7232 at him, and persecuted him:^H7852

24 ♥ 📝 But his bow^H7198 abode^H3427 in strength,^H386 And the arms^H2220 of his hands^H3027 were made strong,^H6339 By the hands^H3027 of the Mighty^H46 One of Jacob^H3290 (From thence is the shepherd,^H7462 the stone^H68 of Israel),^H3478

25 ♥ 📝 Even by the God^H410 of thy father,^H1 who shall help^H5826 thee, And by^H854 the Almighty,^H7706 who shall bless^H1288 thee, With blessings^H1293 of heaven^H8064 above,^H5920 Blessings^H1293 of the deep^H8415 that coucheth^H7257 beneath, Blessings^H1293 of the breasts,^H7699 and of the womb.^H7356

26 ♥ 📝 The blessings^H1293 of thy father^H1 Have prevailed^H1396 above the blessings^H1293 of my progenitors^H2029 Unto the utmost bound^H8379 of the everlasting^H5769 hills:^H1389 They shall be on the head^H7218 of Joseph,^H3130 And on the crown of the head^H6936 of him that was separate^H5139 from his brethren.^H251

27 ♥ 📝 Benjamin^H1144 is a wolf^H2061 that raveneth:^H2963 In the morning^H1242 he shall devour^H398 the prey,^H5706 And at even^H6153 he shall divide^H2505 the spoil.^H7998

28 ♥ 📝 All these are the twelve^H6240 tribes^H7626 of Israel:^H3478 and this is it that their father^H1 spake^H1696 unto them and blessed^H1288 them; every^H834 one^H376 according to his blessing^H1293 he blessed^H1288 them.

29 ♥ 📝 And he charged^H6680 them, and said^H559 unto them, I am to be gathered^H622 unto my people:^H5971 bury^H6912 me with my fathers^H1 in the cave^H4631 that is in the field^H7704 of Ephron^H6085 the Hittite,^H2850

30 ♥ 📝 in the cave^H4631 that is in the field^H7704 of Machpelah,^H4375 which is before^H6440 Mamre,^H4471 in the land^H776 of Canaan,^H3667 which Abraham^H85 bought^H7069 with the field^H7704 from Ephron^H6085 the Hittite^H2850 for a possession^H272 of a burying-place.^H6913

31 ♥ 📝 There they buried^H6912 Abraham^H85 and Sarah^H8283 his wife;^H802 there they buried^H6912 Isaac^H3327 and Rebekah^H7259 his wife;^H802 and there I buried^H6912 Leah—^H3812

32 ♥ 📝 the field^H7704 and the cave^H4631 that is therein, which was purchased^H4735 from the children^H1121 of Heth.^H2845

33 ♥ 📝 And when Jacob^H3290 made an end^H3615 of charging^H6680 his sons,^H1121 he gathered up^H622 his feet^H7272 into the bed,^H4296 and yielded up the ghost,^H1478 and was gathered^H622 unto his people.^H5971