Genesis 49

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Jacob sends for his sons to bless them

And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times. Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
Come near, O sons of Jacob, and give ear to the words of Israel your father. Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi

Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power: “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean. Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs. “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded. My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Judah

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you. “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken? Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule. The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes: Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk. His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

Zebulun, Issachar, Dan

The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon. “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks: “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant. He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
Dan will be the judge of his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall. Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord. I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

Gad, Asher, Naphtali

Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight. “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings. “Asher’s food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.
Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones. “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

Joseph and Benjamin

Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain; “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him: The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel: But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body: even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers. The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken. “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil.”

Jacob's charge about his burial, His death

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite, He instructed 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,
In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place. 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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest. There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth. the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people. When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
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