Gen 49 | ABEn | STEP | [ 3 called 1 And 2 Jacob] his sons, and said, Come together that I may announce to you what will meet to you upon the last of the days!

Genesis 49

CHAPTER 49 Jacob Blesses the Remaining Sons

1 [³called ¹And ²Jacob] his sons, and said, Come together that I may announce to you what will meet to you upon the last of the days! 2 Gather and hear, O sons of Jacob, hear Israel your father! 3 Reuben my first-born, you are my strength and the beginning of my children, stubborn to bear, and stubborn self-willed. 4 Overflowing as water, you should not erupt. For you ascended upon the marriage-bed of your father. Then you defiled the strewn bed of which you ascended. 5 Simeon and Levi -- brothers. They completed injustice by their sects. 6 [⁵into ⁶their counsel ¹May ³not ⁴come ²my soul], and [⁵with ⁶their joint-conspiracy ¹may ³not ⁴be established ²my insides]. For in their rage they killed men, and in their passion they hamstrung a bull. 7 Accursed is their rage, for it was self-willed. And accursed is their vehement anger, for it was hardened. I will divide them in Jacob, and disseminate them in Israel. 8 Judah, may [³have praised you ²your brothers]. Your hands are upon the back of your enemies. [⁴will do obeisance to ⁵you ¹The ²sons ³of your father]; 9 [³cub ²a lion ¹Judah is]. From a bud, O son of mine, you ascended. Reclining, you went to bed as a lion; and as a cub who will rouse him? 10 [²shall not fail ¹A ruler] from Judah, and one leading from his thighs, until whenever should come the things reserved to him. And he is expectation of nations. 11 Binding [²to ³a grapevine ¹his foal], and with the fetter the foal of his donkey. He shall wash [²in ³wine ¹his apparel], and in the blood of the grape his wrap-around garment. 12 [²causing joy ¹His eyes] away from wine, and the white of his teeth than milk. 13 Zebulun [²on the coast ¹shall dwell], even himself by the mooring of boats; and he shall extend until Sidon. 14 Issachar [²the ³good ¹desired], taking rest between the lots. 15 And seeing the rest, that it was good, and the earth, that it was plentiful, he placed his shoulder to the toil, and became a man for farming. 16 Dan will judge his people, as even one tribe in Israel. 17 And let Dan become a serpent upon the way, lying in wait upon the road, biting the heel of the horse. And [³shall fall ¹the ²horseman] upon the rear places, 18 [²for the ³deliverance ¹remaining about] of the lord. 19 Gad, a marauder will maraud against him. But he will maraud against him by feet. 20 Asher, plentiful is his bread, and he will give a delicacy to rulers. 21 Naphtali, a trunk springing up giving [²in ³the ⁴offspring ¹beauty]. 22 [²a son ³increasing ¹Joseph is]; [²son ³increasing ¹zealous]; [³son ¹my ²younger]; to me you returned! 23 against whom with deliberation reviled. And [³pressed against ⁴him ¹the masters ²of the bowmen], 24 and [²were broken ³with ⁴might ¹their bows], and [⁵were loosened ¹the ²nerves ⁴arms ³of their hand's] through the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; from there the one strengthening Israel by means of God of your father. 25 And [²gave help ³to you ¹my God], and blessed you with the blessing of heaven above, and the blessing of earth having all things; because of the blessing of breasts and of the womb; 26 a blessing of your father and of your mother -- he excelled in strength over the blessing [²mountains ¹of the stable], and beyond the blessings [²hills ¹of everlasting]; they will be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top [²whom ³he took the lead ¹of the brothers]. 27 Benjamin, [²wolf ¹a predacious ⁴in the ⁵early morning ³shall eat], yet even in the evening he distributes provisions. 28 All these sons of Jacob -- twelve. And these words [²said ³to them ¹their father]. And he blessed them each. According to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he said to them, I am added to my people. Entomb me with my fathers in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite! 30 in the [²cave ¹double], in the one before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham acquired; the cave of Ephron the Hittite, for possession of a memorial. 31 There they entombed Abraham and Sarah his wife. And there they entombed Isaac and Rebekah his wife. And there they entombed Leah, 32 in a property of the field, and of the cave being in it, the one from the sons of Heth. 33 And Jacob rested giving orders to his sons. And lifting up his feet upon the bed he failed. And he was added to his people.