1 And Jacob|strong="H3290" called|strong="H7121" unto his sons|strong="H1121", and said|strong="H0559", Gather yourselves together|strong="H0622", that I may tell|strong="H5046" you that which shall befall|strong="H7122" you in the last|strong="H0319" days|strong="H3117".
2 Gather yourselves together|strong="H6908", and hear|strong="H8085", ye sons|strong="H1121" of Jacob|strong="H3290"; and hearken|strong="H8085" unto Israel|strong="H3478" your father|strong="H0001".
3 Reuben|strong="H7205", thou art my firstborn|strong="H1060", my might|strong="H3581", and the beginning|strong="H7225" of my strength|strong="H0202", the excellency|strong="H3499" of dignity|strong="H7613", and the excellency|strong="H3499" of power|strong="H5794":
4 Unstable|strong="H6349" as water|strong="H4325", thou shalt not excel|strong="H3498"; because thou wentest up|strong="H5927" to thy father’s|strong="H0001" bed|strong="H4904"; then defiledst thou|strong="H2490" it: he went up|strong="H5927" to my couch|strong="H3326".
5 Simeon|strong="H8095" and Levi|strong="H3878" are brethren|strong="H0251"; instruments|strong="H3627" of cruelty|strong="H2555" are in their habitations|strong="H4380".
6 O my soul|strong="H5315", come|strong="H0935" not thou into their secret|strong="H5475"; unto their assembly|strong="H6951", mine honour|strong="H3519", be not thou united|strong="H3161": for in their anger|strong="H0639" they slew|strong="H2026" a man|strong="H0376", and in their selfwill|strong="H7522" they digged down|strong="H6131" a wall|strong="H7794".
7 Cursed|strong="H0779" be their anger|strong="H0639", for it was fierce|strong="H5794"; and their wrath|strong="H5678", for it was cruel|strong="H7185": I will divide|strong="H2505" them in Jacob|strong="H3290", and scatter|strong="H6327" them in Israel|strong="H3478".
8 Judah|strong="H3063", thou art he whom thy brethren|strong="H0251" shall praise|strong="H3034": thy hand|strong="H3027" shall be in the neck|strong="H6203" of thine enemies|strong="H0341"; thy father’s|strong="H0001" children|strong="H1121" shall bow down|strong="H7812" before thee.
9 Judah|strong="H3063" is a lion’s|strong="H0738" whelp|strong="H1482": from the prey|strong="H2964", my son|strong="H1121", thou art gone up|strong="H5927": he stooped down|strong="H3766", he couched|strong="H7257" as a lion|strong="H0738", and as an old lion|strong="H3833"; who shall rouse him up|strong="H6965"?
10 The sceptre|strong="H7626" shall not depart|strong="H5493" from Judah|strong="H3063", nor a lawgiver|strong="H2710" from between his feet|strong="H7272", until|strong="H3588" Shiloh|strong="H7886" come|strong="H0935"; and unto him shall the gathering|strong="H3349" of the people|strong="H5971" be.
11 Binding|strong="H0631" his foal|strong="H5895" unto the vine|strong="H1612", and his ass’s|strong="H0860" colt|strong="H1121" unto the choice vine|strong="H8321"; he washed|strong="H3526" his garments|strong="H3830" in wine|strong="H3196", and his clothes|strong="H5497" in the blood|strong="H1818" of grapes|strong="H6025":
12 His eyes|strong="H5869" shall be red|strong="H2447" with wine|strong="H3196", and his teeth|strong="H8127" white|strong="H3836" with milk|strong="H2461".
13 Zebulun|strong="H2074" shall dwell|strong="H7931" at the haven|strong="H2348" of the sea|strong="H3220"; and he shall be for an haven|strong="H2348" of ships|strong="H0591"; and his border|strong="H3411" shall be unto Zidon|strong="H6721".
14 Issachar|strong="H3485" is a strong|strong="H1634" ass|strong="H2543" couching down|strong="H7257" between two burdens|strong="H4942":
15 And he saw|strong="H7200" that rest|strong="H4496" was good|strong="H2896", and the land|strong="H0776" that it was pleasant|strong="H5276"; and bowed|strong="H5186" his shoulder|strong="H7926" to bear|strong="H5445", and became a servant|strong="H5647" unto tribute|strong="H4522".
16 Dan|strong="H1835" shall judge|strong="H1777" his people|strong="H5971", as one|strong="H0259" of the tribes|strong="H7626" of Israel|strong="H3478".
17 Dan|strong="H1835" shall be a serpent|strong="H5175" by the way|strong="H1870", an adder|strong="H8207" in the path|strong="H0734", that biteth|strong="H5391" the horse|strong="H5483" heels|strong="H6119", so that his rider|strong="H7392" shall fall|strong="H5307" backward|strong="H0268".
18 I have waited for|strong="H6960" thy salvation|strong="H3444", O \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.
19 Gad|strong="H1410", a troop|strong="H1416" shall overcome|strong="H1464" him: but he shall overcome|strong="H1464" at the last|strong="H6119".
20 Out of Asher|strong="H0836" his bread|strong="H3899" shall be fat|strong="H8082", and he shall yield|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4428" dainties|strong="H4574".
21 Naphtali|strong="H5321" is a hind|strong="H0355" let loose|strong="H7971": he giveth|strong="H5414" goodly|strong="H8233" words|strong="H0561".
22 Joseph|strong="H3130" is a fruitful|strong="H6509" bough|strong="H1121", even a fruitful|strong="H6509" bough|strong="H1121" by a well|strong="H5869"; whose branches|strong="H1323" run|strong="H6805" over the wall|strong="H7791":
23 The archers|strong="H1167" have sorely grieved him|strong="H4843", and shot|strong="H7232" at him, and hated him|strong="H7852":
24 But his bow|strong="H7198" abode|strong="H3427" in strength|strong="H0386", and the arms|strong="H2220" of his hands|strong="H3027" were made strong|strong="H6339" by the hands|strong="H3027" of the mighty|strong="H0046" God of Jacob|strong="H3290"; (from thence is the shepherd|strong="H7462", the stone|strong="H0068" of Israel|strong="H3478":)
25 Even by the God|strong="H0410" of thy father|strong="H0001", who shall help|strong="H5826" thee; and by|strong="H0854" the Almighty|strong="H7706", who shall bless|strong="H1288" thee with blessings|strong="H1293" of heaven|strong="H8064" above|strong="H5920", blessings|strong="H1293" of the deep|strong="H8415" that lieth|strong="H7257" under, blessings|strong="H1293" of the breasts|strong="H7699", and of the womb|strong="H7356":
26 The blessings|strong="H1293" of thy father|strong="H0001" have prevailed|strong="H1396" above the blessings|strong="H1293" of my progenitors|strong="H2029" unto the utmost bound|strong="H8379" of the everlasting|strong="H5769" hills|strong="H1389": they shall be on the head|strong="H7218" of Joseph|strong="H3130", and on the crown of the head|strong="H6936" of him that was separate|strong="H5139" from his brethren|strong="H0251".
27 Benjamin|strong="H1144" shall ravin|strong="H2963" as a wolf|strong="H2061": in the morning|strong="H1242" he shall devour|strong="H0398" the prey|strong="H5706", and at night|strong="H6153" he shall divide|strong="H2505" the spoil|strong="H7998".
28 All these are the twelve|strong="H6240" tribes|strong="H7626" of Israel|strong="H3478": and this is it that their father|strong="H0001" spake|strong="H1696" unto them, and blessed|strong="H1288" them; every|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0376" according to his blessing|strong="H1293" he blessed|strong="H1288" them.
29 And he charged|strong="H6680" them, and said|strong="H0559" unto them, I am to be gathered|strong="H0622" unto my people|strong="H5971": bury|strong="H6912" me with my fathers|strong="H0001" in the cave|strong="H4631" that is in the field|strong="H7704" of Ephron|strong="H6085" the Hittite|strong="H2850",
30 In the cave|strong="H4631" that is in the field|strong="H7704" of Machpelah|strong="H4375", which is before|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471", in the land|strong="H0776" of Canaan|strong="H3667", which Abraham|strong="H0085" bought|strong="H7069" with the field|strong="H7704" of Ephron|strong="H6085" the Hittite|strong="H2850" for a possession|strong="H0272" of a buryingplace|strong="H6913".
31 There they buried|strong="H6912" Abraham|strong="H0085" and Sarah|strong="H8283" his wife|strong="H0802"; there they buried|strong="H6912" Isaac|strong="H3327" and Rebekah|strong="H7259" his wife|strong="H0802"; and there I buried|strong="H6912" Leah|strong="H3812".
32 The purchase|strong="H4735" of the field|strong="H7704" and of the cave|strong="H4631" that is therein was from the children|strong="H1121" of Heth|strong="H2845".
33 And when Jacob|strong="H3290" had made an end|strong="H3615" of commanding|strong="H6680" his sons|strong="H1121", he gathered up|strong="H0622" his feet|strong="H7272" into the bed|strong="H4296", and yielded up the ghost|strong="H1478", and was gathered|strong="H0622" unto his people|strong="H5971".