49:1 And Jacob 3290 called 7121 8799 unto his sons 1121, and said 559 8799, Gather yourselves together 622 8734, that I may tell 5046 8686 you [that] which shall befall 7122 8799 you in the last 319 days 3117.

49:2 Gather yourselves together 6908 8734, and hear 8085 8798, ye sons 1121 of Jacob 3290; and hearken 8085 8798 unto Israel 3478 your father 1.

49:3 Reuben 7205, thou [art] my firstborn 1060, my might 3581, and the beginning 7225 of my strength 202, the excellency 3499 of dignity 7613, and the excellency 3499 of power 5794:

49:4 Unstable 6349 as water 4325, thou shalt not excel 3498 8686; because thou wentest up 5927 8804 to thy father's 1 bed 4904; then defiledst thou 2490 8765 [it]: he went up 5927 8804 to my couch 3326.(thou shalt…: Heb. do not thou excel)(he went…: or, my couch is gone)

49:5 Simeon 8095 and Levi 3878 [are] brethren 251; instruments 3627 of cruelty 2555 [are in] their habitations 4380.(instruments…: or, their swords are weapons of violence)

49:6 O my soul 5315, come 935 8799 not thou into their secret 5475; unto their assembly 6951, mine honour 3519, be not thou united 3161 8799: for in their anger 639 they slew 2026 8804 a man 376, and in their selfwill 7522 they digged down 6131 8765 a wall 7794.(digged…: or, houghed oxen)

49:7 Cursed 779 8803 [be] their anger 639, for [it was] fierce 5794; and their wrath 5678, for it was cruel 7185 8804: I will divide 2505 8762 them in Jacob 3290, and scatter 6327 8686 them in Israel 3478.

49:8 Judah 3063, thou [art he] whom thy brethren 251 shall praise 3034 8686: thy hand 3027 [shall be] in the neck 6203 of thine enemies 341 8802; thy father's 1 children 1121 shall bow down 7812 8691 before thee.

49:9 Judah 3063 [is] a lion's 738 whelp 1482: from the prey 2964, my son 1121, thou art gone up 5927 8804: he stooped down 3766 8804, he couched 7257 8804 as a lion 738, and as an old lion 3833; who shall rouse him up 6965 8686?

49:10 The sceptre 7626 shall not depart 5493 8799 from Judah 3063, nor a lawgiver 2710 8781 from between his feet 7272, until 3588 Shiloh 7886 come 935 8799; and unto him [shall] the gathering 3349 of the people 5971 [be].

49:11 Binding 631 8802 his foal 5895 unto the vine 1612, and his ass's 860 colt 1121 unto the choice vine 8321; he washed 3526 8765 his garments 3830 in wine 3196, and his clothes 5497 in the blood 1818 of grapes 6025:

49:12 His eyes 5869 [shall be] red 2447 with wine 3196, and his teeth 8127 white 3836 with milk 2461.

49:13 Zebulun 2074 shall dwell 7931 8799 at the haven 2348 of the sea 3220; and he [shall be] for an haven 2348 of ships 591; and his border 3411 [shall be] unto Zidon 6721.

49:14 Issachar 3485 [is] a strong 1634 ass 2543 couching down 7257 8802 between two burdens 4942:

49:15 And he saw 7200 8799 that rest 4496 [was] good 2896, and the land 776 that [it was] pleasant 5276 8804; and bowed 5186 8799 his shoulder 7926 to bear 5445 8800, and became a servant 5647 8802 unto tribute 4522.

49:16 Dan 1835 shall judge 1777 8799 his people 5971, as one 259 of the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478.

49:17 Dan 1835 shall be a serpent 5175 by the way 1870, an adder 8207 in the path 734, that biteth 5391 8802 the horse 5483 heels 6119, so that his rider 7392 8802 shall fall 5307 8799 backward 268.(an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake)

49:18 I have waited for 6960 8765 thy salvation 3444, O LORD 3068.

49:19 Gad 1410, a troop 1416 shall overcome 1464 8799 him: but he shall overcome 1464 8799 at the last 6119.

49:20 Out of Asher 836 his bread 3899 [shall be] fat 8082, and he shall yield 5414 8799 royal 4428 dainties 4574.

49:21 Naphtali 5321 [is] a hind 355 let loose 7971 8803: he giveth 5414 8802 goodly 8233 words 561.

49:22 Joseph 3130 [is] a fruitful 6509 8802 bough 1121, [even] a fruitful 6509 8802 bough 1121 by a well 5869; [whose] branches 1323 run 6805 8804 over the wall 7791:(branches: Heb. daughters)

49:23 The archers 1167 2671 have sorely grieved him 4843 8762, and shot 7232 8804 [at him], and hated him 7852 8799:

49:24 But his bow 7198 abode 3427 8799 in strength 386, and the arms 2220 of his hands 3027 were made strong 6339 8799 by the hands 3027 of the mighty 46 [God] of Jacob 3290; (from thence [is] the shepherd 7462 8802, the stone 68 of Israel 3478:)

49:25 [Even] by the God 410 of thy father 1, who shall help 5826 8799 thee; and by 854 the Almighty 7706, who shall bless 1288 8762 thee with blessings 1293 of heaven 8064 above 5920, blessings 1293 of the deep 8415 that lieth 7257 8802 under, blessings 1293 of the breasts 7699, and of the womb 7356:

49:26 The blessings 1293 of thy father 1 have prevailed 1396 8804 above the blessings 1293 of my progenitors 2029 8802 unto the utmost bound 8379 of the everlasting 5769 hills 1389: they shall be on the head 7218 of Joseph 3130, and on the crown of the head 6936 of him that was separate 5139 from his brethren 251.

49:27 Benjamin 1144 shall ravin 2963 8799 [as] a wolf 2061: in the morning 1242 he shall devour 398 8799 the prey 5706, and at night 6153 he shall divide 2505 8762 the spoil 7998.

49:28 All these [are] the twelve 6240 8147 tribes 7626 of Israel 3478: and this [is it] that their father 1 spake 1696 8765 unto them, and blessed 1288 8762 them; every 834 one 376 according to his blessing 1293 he blessed 1288 8765 them.

49:29 And he charged 6680 8762 them, and said 559 8799 unto them, I am to be gathered 622 8737 unto my people 5971: bury 6912 8798 me with my fathers 1 in the cave 4631 that [is] in the field 7704 of Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850,

49:30 In the cave 4631 that [is] in the field 7704 of Machpelah 4375, which [is] before 6440 Mamre 4471, in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, which Abraham 85 bought 7069 8804 with the field 7704 of Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850 for a possession 272 of a buryingplace 6913.

49:31 There they buried 6912 8804 Abraham 85 and Sarah 8283 his wife 802; there they buried 6912 8804 Isaac 3327 and Rebekah 7259 his wife 802; and there I buried 6912 8804 Leah 3812.

49:32 The purchase 4735 of the field 7704 and of the cave 4631 that [is] therein [was] from the children 1121 of Heth 2845.

49:33 And when Jacob 3290 had made an end 3615 8762 of commanding 6680 8763 his sons 1121, he gathered up 622 8799 his feet 7272 into the bed 4296, and yielded up the ghost 1478 8799, and was gathered 622 8735 unto his people 5971.

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