Genesis:49

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drb @Genesis:49:1 @And Jacob called his sons , and said to them : Gather yourselves together that I may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days . drb @Genesis:49:2 @Gather yourselves together , and hear , O ye sons of Jacob , hearken to Israel your father : drb @Genesis:49:3 @Ruben , my firstborn , thou art my strength , and the beginning of my sorrow : excelling in gifts , greater in command . drb @Genesis:49:4 @Thou art poured out as water , grow thou not : because thou wentest up to thy father 's bed , and didst defile his couch . drb @Genesis:49:5 @Simeon and Levi brethren : vessels of iniquity , waging war . drb @Genesis:49:6 @Let not my soul go into their counsel , nor my glory be in their assembly : "be - cause in their fury they slew a man , and in their selfwill they undermined a wall . drb @Genesis:49:7 @Cursed be their fury , because it was stubborn : and their wrath because it was cruel : I Will divide them in Jacob , and will scatter them in Israel . drb @Genesis:49:8 @Juda , thee shall thy brethren praise : thy hands shall be on the necks of thy enemies : the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee . drb @Genesis:49:9 @Juda is a lion 's whelp : to the prey , my son , thou art gone up : resting thou hast couched as a lion , and as a lioness , who shall rouse him ? drb @Genesis:49:10 @The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda , nor a ruler from his thigh , till he come that is to be sent , and he shall be the expectation of nations . drb @Genesis:49:11 @11Tying his foal to the vineyard , and his ass , 0 my son , to the vine . He shall wash his robe in wine , and his garment in the blood of the grape . drb @Genesis:49:12 @His eyes are more beautiful than wine , and his teeth whiter than milk . drb @Genesis:49:13 @Zabulon shall dwell on the sea shore , and in the road of ships , reaching as far as Sidon . drb @Genesis:49:14 @Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down between the borders . drb @Genesis:49:15 @He saw rest that it was good : and the land that it was excellent : and he bowed his shoulder to carry , and became a servant under tribute . drb @Genesis:49:16 @Dan shall judge his people like an - other tribe in Israel . drb @Genesis:49:17 @Let Dan be a snake in the way , a serpent in the path , that biteth the horse 's heels that his rider may fall backward . drb @Genesis:49:18 @I will look for thy salvation , 0 Lord . drb @Genesis:49:19 @Gad , being girded , shall fight before him : and he himself shall be girded backward . drb @Genesis:49:20 @Aser , his bread shall be fat , and he shall yield dainties to kings . drb @Genesis:49:21 @Nephtali , a hart let loose , and giving words of beauty . drb @Genesis:49:22 @Joseph is a growing son , a growing son and comely to behold ; the daughters run to and fro upon the wall . drb @Genesis:49:23 @But they that held darts provoked him , and quarrelled with him , and envied him . drb @Genesis:49:24 @His bow rested upon the strong , and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed , by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob : thence he came forth a pastor , the stone of Israel . drb @Genesis:49:25 @The God of thy father shall be thy helper , and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above , with the blessings of the deep that lieth be - neath , with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb . drb @Genesis:49:26 @The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers : until the desire of the everlasting hills should come ; may they be upon the head of Joseph , and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren . drb @Genesis:49:27 @Benjamin a ravenous wolf , in the morning shall eat the prey , and in the evening shall divide the spoil . drb @Genesis:49:28 @All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : these things their father spoke to them , and he blessed every one , with their proper blessings . drb @Genesis:49:29 @And he charged them , saying : I am now going to be gathered to my people : bury me with my fathers in the double cave , which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite , drb @Genesis:49:30 @Over against Mambre in the land of Chanaan , which Abraham bought to - gather with the field of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in . drb @Genesis:49:31 @There they buried him , and Sara his wife : there was Isaac buried with Rebecca his wife : there also Lia doth lie buried . drb @Genesis:49:32 @And when he had ended the commandments , wherewith he instructed his sons , he drew up his feet upon the bed , and died : and he was gathered to his people ."

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