Genesis:49:3-15

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* Reuben R @#uwben #, thou art my firstborn , my might , and the beginning of my strength , the excellency of dignity s @#eth #, and the excellency of power : * Unstable as water , thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy fathers bed ; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch . * Simeon and Levi are brethren ; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations . * O my soul , come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly , mine honour , be not thou united : for in their anger they slew a man , and in their selfwill they digged down a wall . * Cursed be their anger , for it was fierce ; and their wrath , for it was cruel : I will divide them in Jacob Ya #aqob #, and scatter them in Israel Yisra #el #. * Judah , thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise : thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies ; thy fathers children shall bow down before thee . * Judah is a lions whelp : from the prey , my son , thou art gone up : he stooped down , he couched as a lion , and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? * The sceptre shall not depart from Judah , nor a lawgiver from between his feet , until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be . * Binding his foal unto the vine , and his asss colt unto the choice vine ; he washed his garments in wine , and his clothes in the blood of grapes : * His eyes shall be red with wine , and his teeth white with milk . * Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea ; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon . * Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens : * And he saw that rest was good , and the land that it was pleasant ; and bowed his shoulder to bear , and became a servant unto tribute .

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