Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Then
Jacob called for
his sons and said ,
“
Gather around
so
that I can
tell you what
will happen to you in the days to come :
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
together
and listen
, O
sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel
.
Assemble
yourselves,
and hear
, you
sons of Jacob; Listen to Israel,
your father.
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength ,
excelling
in
honor
, excelling
in
power.
"
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength ;
The
pre-eminence
of
dignity
, and
the
pre-eminence
of
power.
Uncontrolled
as the
waters
, you will
no
longer
excel,
because you went up to your father’s
bed ,
onto
my
couch,
and
defiled it.
Boiling
over
as water
, you shall
not
have
the
pre-eminence;
Because you went up to your father's
bed ;
Then
defiled it. He
went
up
to
my
couch.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their
swords
are
weapons of violence.
"
Simeon and Levi are brothers; Weapons of violence are
their
swords
.
May
I
never
enter
their council; may
I
never
join
their assembly .
For they
kill
men
in their anger ,
and
hamstring
oxen
on
a whim
.
My
soul,
don't
come
into
their council; My
glory,
don't
be
united
to
their assembly ;
For in their anger they
killed
a man,
In
their
self-will
they
hamstrung
an
ox
.
Cursed be their anger, for it is
strong,
and their wrath, for it is
cruel !
I will disperse
them in Jacob and
scatter them in Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it was
fierce;
And their wrath, for it was
cruel .
I will divide
them in Jacob ,
Scatter them in Israel.
Judah, your brothers shall
praise you .
Your hand shall
be on the necks
of your enemies; your father’s
sons shall
bow down to
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—
my son, you return
from
the
prey
. Like
a
lion
he crouches
and
lies
down ;
like
a lioness
, who dares
to
rouse him?
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 scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh
comes and
the allegiance
of the nations
is
his
.
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
.
He
ties
his donkey
to the vine, his colt to the choicest
branch.
He washes
his garments in wine, his robes 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 are
darker
than
wine, and
his teeth are
whiter
than
milk.
His eyes will
be
red
with
wine, His teeth white
with
milk.
Zebulun shall
dwell by
the seashore
and
become
a
harbor
for ships ;
his border shall
extend
to
Sidon.
"
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 donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds
.
"
Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the saddlebags
.
He saw that
his
resting place was good and
that
his
land was pleasant ,
so
he bent
his shoulder to the burden and submitted
to
labor
as
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 shall
provide
justice
for
his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
"
Dan will
judge
his people ,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
He
will be a snake
by
the road
, a
viper
in the path that bites the horse’s
heels so that its
rider tumbles
backward.
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 await
Your salvation, O
LORD
.
I have
waited
for
your salvation, Yahweh
.
Gad will
be
attacked
by
raiders
, but he will attack
their heels
.
"
Gad, a
troop
will
press
on
him;
But he will press
on
their heel
.
Asher’s
food
will be rich;
he shall
provide
royal delicacies
.
Out
of
Asher
his
bread
will be fat,
He will
yield
royal dainties
.
Naphtali is a doe set free that
bears beautiful fawns.
"
Naphtali is a doe set free ,
Who
bears beautiful fawns.
Joseph is a fruitful vine —
a fruitful vine by a spring ,
whose
branches scale
the wall.
"
Joseph is a fruitful vine ,
A fruitful vine by a spring ;
His
branches run
over
the wall.
The archers attacked
him with
bitterness;
they
aimed
at him in
hostility.
The archers have
sorely
grieved
him ,
Shot
at him ,
and
persecute
him:
Yet
he
steadied
his bow, and
his
strong
arms were tempered
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in
the
name
of
the Shepherd, the Rock
of Israel,
But
his bow abode
in
strength
, 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 )
,
by the God of your father who helps
you, and
by the Almighty who blesses
you, with blessings of the
heavens
above, with
blessings of the depths
below, with
blessings of the breasts and womb.
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.
The blessings of your father have surpassed
the blessings of the ancient mountains and
the bounty of the everlasting
hills. May
they rest
on the head of Joseph, on the brow
of the prince
of his brothers.
The blessings of your father Have prevailed
above
the blessings of the ancient mountains ,
Above
the bounty of the age-old
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 ravenous wolf ;
in the morning he devours
the prey ,
in
the
evening he divides
the plunder
. ”
"
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf .
In the morning he will
devour
the prey .
At
evening he will
divide
the spoil
. "
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve
in
all,
and this was
what their father said
to them .
He
blessed them ,
and
he blessed each
one
with
a
suitable
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.
Then
Jacob
instructed
them, “
I am about
to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite .
He
charged
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 ,
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near
Mamre, in the land of Canaan .
This
is
the field Abraham
purchased
from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site
.
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 his
wife
Sarah are
buried
, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah
are
buried
, and there I buried Leah .
There they
buried
Abraham and Sarah, his
wife.
There they
buried
Isaac and Rebekah,
his wife, and there I buried Leah :
The field and the cave that is in
it
were
purchased from the Hittites
. ”
the field and the cave that is therein,
which
was
purchased from the children
of
Heth
. "
When Jacob had
finished
instructing
his sons, he pulled
his feet into the bed and breathed
his
last
, and he
was gathered to 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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