Gen 20:7, 27:39-40, 48:19-20, 49:8-33 | ESV | STEP | Now then, return the man’s wife , for he is a prophet , so that he will pray for you , and you shall live . But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die , you and all who are yours.

7 Now then, return the man’s wife, ^afor he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you ^band all who are yours.”

Genesis 27:39-40

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, ^caway from ^{▼▼Or Behold, of} the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
and away from ^{▼▼Or and of} the dew of heaven on high.
40 By your sword you shall live,
and you ^fshall serve your brother;
but when you grow restless
^gyou shall break his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 48:19-20

19 But his father refused and said, ^h“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, ⁱhis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude ^{▼▼Hebrew fullness} of nations.” 20 So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
^k‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 49:8-33

8 “Judah, ^lyour brothers shall praise you;
^myour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
ⁿyour father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is ^oa lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
^pHe stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 The ^qscepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff ^rfrom between his feet,
until tribute comes to him; ^{▼▼By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh}
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12 His ^teyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
13 ^u“Zebulun shall dwell at the ^vshore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
14 ^w“Issachar is a strong donkey,
crouching between the sheepfolds. ^{▼▼Or between its saddlebags}
15 He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and ^ybecame a servant at forced labor.
16 ^z“Dan shall ^aajudge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan ^abshall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.
18 I ^acwait for your salvation, O Lord.
19 ^ad“Raiders shall raid ^aeGad, ^{▼▼ Gad sounds like the Hebrew for raiders and raid}
but he shall raid at their heels.
20 ^ag“Asher’s food shall be rich,
and he shall yield royal delicacies.
21 ^ah“Naphtali is a doe let loose
that bears beautiful fawns. ^{▼▼Or he gives beautiful words, or that bears fawns of the fold}
22 “Joseph is ^aja fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall. ^{▼▼Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall}
23 The archers ^albitterly attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
24 yet ^amhis bow remained unmoved;
his arms ^{▼▼Hebrew the arms of his hands} were made agile
by the hands of the ^aoMighty One of Jacob
(from there is ^apthe Shepherd, ^{▼▼Or by the name of the Shepherd} ^arthe Stone of Israel),
25 ^asby the God of your father who will help you,
by ^atthe Almighty ^{▼▼Hebrew Shaddai} ^avwho will bless you
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties ^awof the everlasting hills. ^{▼▼A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills}
May they be ^ayon the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
27 ^az“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey
and at evening ^badividing the spoil.”

Jacob’s Death and Burial

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. 29 Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be ^bbgathered to my people; ^bcbury me with my fathers ^bdin the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, ^bewhich Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 31 ^bfThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There ^bgthey buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah— 32 the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.” 33 When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and ^bhwas gathered to his people.