1 And Jacob * h3290 called * h7121 h8799 unto his sons * h1121, and said * h559 h8799, Gather yourselves together * h622 h8734, that I may tell * h5046 h8686 you that which shall befall * h7122 h8799 you in the last * h319 days * h3117.
2 Gather yourselves together * h6908 h8734, and hear * h8085 h8798, ye sons * h1121 of Jacob * h3290; and hearken * h8085 h8798 unto Israel * h3478 your father * h1.
3 Reuben * h7205, thou art my firstborn * h1060, my might * h3581, and the beginning * h7225 of my strength * h202, the excellency * h3499 of dignity * h7613, and the excellency * h3499 of power * h5794:
4 Unstable * h6349 as water * h4325, thou shalt not excel * h3498 h8686; because thou wentest up * h5927 h8804 to thy father's * h1 bed * h4904; then defiledst thou * h2490 h8765 it : he went up * h5927 h8804 to my couch * h3326. thou shalt...: Heb. do not thou excel he went...: or, my couch is gone
5 Simeon * h8095 and Levi * h3878 are brethren * h251; instruments * h3627 of cruelty * h2555 are in their habitations * h4380. instruments...: or, their swords are weapons of violence
6 O my soul * h5315, come * h935 h8799 not thou into their secret * h5475; unto their assembly * h6951, mine honour * h3519, be not thou united * h3161 h8799: for in their anger * h639 they slew * h2026 h8804 a man * h376, and in their selfwill * h7522 they digged down * h6131 h8765 a wall * h7794. digged...: or, houghed oxen
7 Cursed * h779 h8803 be their anger * h639, for it was fierce * h5794; and their wrath * h5678, for it was cruel * h7185 h8804: I will divide * h2505 h8762 them in Jacob * h3290, and scatter * h6327 h8686 them in Israel * h3478.
8 Judah * h3063, thou art he whom thy brethren * h251 shall praise * h3034 h8686: thy hand * h3027 shall be in the neck * h6203 of thine enemies * h341 h8802; thy father's * h1 children * h1121 shall bow down * h7812 h8691 before thee.
9 Judah * h3063 is a lion's * h738 whelp * h1482: from the prey * h2964, my son * h1121, thou art gone up * h5927 h8804: he stooped down * h3766 h8804, he couched * h7257 h8804 as a lion * h738, and as an old lion * h3833; who shall rouse him up * h6965 h8686?
10 The sceptre * h7626 shall not depart * h5493 h8799 from Judah * h3063, nor a lawgiver * h2710 h8781 from between his feet * h7272, until * h3588 Shiloh * h7886 come * h935 h8799; and unto him shall the gathering * h3349 of the people * h5971 be .
11 Binding * h631 h8802 his foal * h5895 unto the vine * h1612, and his ass's * h860 colt * h1121 unto the choice vine * h8321; he washed * h3526 h8765 his garments * h3830 in wine * h3196, and his clothes * 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 h8799 at the haven * h2348 of the sea * h3220; and he shall be for an haven * h2348 of ships * h591; and his border * h3411 shall be unto Zidon * h6721.
14 Issachar * h3485 is a strong * h1634 ass * h2543 couching down * h7257 h8802 between two burdens * h4942:
15 And he saw * h7200 h8799 that rest * h4496 was good * h2896, and the land * h776 that it was pleasant * h5276 h8804; and bowed * h5186 h8799 his shoulder * h7926 to bear * h5445 h8800, and became a servant * h5647 h8802 unto tribute * h4522.
16 Dan * h1835 shall judge * h1777 h8799 his people * h5971, as one * h259 of the tribes * h7626 of Israel * h3478.
17 Dan * h1835 shall be a serpent * h5175 by the way * h1870, an adder * h8207 in the path * h734, that biteth * h5391 h8802 the horse * h5483 heels * h6119, so that his rider * h7392 h8802 shall fall * h5307 h8799 backward * h268. an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake
18 I have waited for * h6960 h8765 thy salvation * h3444, O LORD * h3068.
19 Gad * h1410, a troop * h1416 shall overcome * h1464 h8799 him: but he shall overcome * h1464 h8799 at the last * h6119.
20 Out of Asher * h836 his bread * h3899 shall be fat * h8082, and he shall yield * h5414 h8799 royal * h4428 dainties * h4574.
21 Naphtali * h5321 is a hind * h355 let loose * h7971 h8803: he giveth * h5414 h8802 goodly * h8233 words * h561.
22 Joseph * h3130 is a fruitful * h6509 h8802 bough * h1121, even a fruitful * h6509 h8802 bough * h1121 by a well * h5869; whose branches * h1323 run * h6805 h8804 over the wall * h7791: branches: Heb. daughters
23 The archers * h1167 * h2671 have sorely grieved him * h4843 h8762, and shot * h7232 h8804 at him , and hated him * h7852 h8799:
24 But his bow * h7198 abode * h3427 h8799 in strength * h386, and the arms * h2220 of his hands * h3027 were made strong * h6339 h8799 by the hands * h3027 of the mighty * h46 God of Jacob * h3290; (from thence is the shepherd * h7462 h8802, the stone * h68 of Israel * h3478:)
25 Even by the God * h410 of thy father * h1, who shall help * h5826 h8799 thee; and by * h854 the Almighty * h7706, who shall bless * h1288 h8762 thee with blessings * h1293 of heaven * h8064 above * h5920, blessings * h1293 of the deep * h8415 that lieth * h7257 h8802 under, blessings * h1293 of the breasts * h7699, and of the womb * h7356:
26 The blessings * h1293 of thy father * h1 have prevailed * h1396 h8804 above the blessings * h1293 of my progenitors * h2029 h8802 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 shall ravin * h2963 h8799 as a wolf * h2061: in the morning * h1242 he shall devour * h398 h8799 the prey * h5706, and at night * h6153 he shall divide * h2505 h8762 the spoil * h7998.
28 All these are the twelve * h6240 * h8147 tribes * h7626 of Israel * h3478: and this is it that their father * h1 spake * h1696 h8765 unto them, and blessed * h1288 h8762 them; every * h834 one * h376 according to his blessing * h1293 he blessed * h1288 h8765 them.
29 And he charged * h6680 h8762 them, and said * h559 h8799 unto them, I am to be gathered * h622 h8737 unto my people * h5971: bury * h6912 h8798 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 h8804 with the field * h7704 of Ephron * h6085 the Hittite * h2850 for a possession * h272 of a buryingplace * h6913.
31 There they buried * h6912 h8804 Abraham * h85 and Sarah * h8283 his wife * h802; there they buried * h6912 h8804 Isaac * h3327 and Rebekah * h7259 his wife * h802; and there I buried * h6912 h8804 Leah * h3812.
32 The purchase * h4735 of the field * h7704 and of the cave * h4631 that is therein was from the children * h1121 of Heth * h2845.
33 And when Jacob * h3290 had made an end * h3615 h8762 of commanding * h6680 h8763 his sons * h1121, he gathered up * h622 h8799 his feet * h7272 into the bed * h4296, and yielded up the ghost * h1478 h8799, and was gathered * h622 h8735 unto his people * h5971.