1. And Jacob called to his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days.
2. Gather yourselves together and hear, sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father.
3. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
4. Unstable Reckless or overboiling
as water, you shall not excel because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it. He went up to my couch.
5. Simeon and Levi are brothers; tools of violence are their weapons.
6. Oh my soul, do not come into their council. Let not my honor be united with their assembly, for in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung oxen.
7. Let their anger be cursed, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8. Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be on the neck of your enemies. May your father’s sons bow before you.
9. Judah is a lion’s whelp. My son, you have gone up from the prey. He stooped, he crouched like a lion; and like a lioness, who shall rouse him?
10. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
11. Binding His foal to the vine, and His donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washed His garments in wine, and His clothes in the blood of grapes.
12. His eyes are more sparkling than wine, and His teeth are whiter than milk.
13. Zebulun shall live at the seashore. And he shall be a haven for ships, and his border beside Sidon.
14. Issachar is a strong donkey crouching down between the sheepfolds.
15. And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant. And he bowed his shoulder to bear a burden, and became a tribute-servant.
16. Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that its rider shall fall backward.
18. I have waited for Your salvation, O LORD.
19. Gad, raiders shall attack him, but he shall overcome at the last.
20. Out of Asher his bread shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21. Naphtali is a deer let loose. He gives goodly words.
22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall.
23. The archers have fiercely attacked him and have shot at him, and hated him.
24. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob—from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel—
25. By the God of your father, Who shall help you. And may the Almighty bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26. The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of my ancestors, to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him, the ruler, the leader who was separated from his brothers.
27. Benjamin is a wolf that tears in pieces. In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.”
28. All these were the twelve tribes of Israel. And this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them; everyone according to his blessing, he blessed them.
29. And 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,
30. In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site.
31. They buried Abraham and his wife Sarah there, and they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And I buried Leah there—
32. The field was purchased, and the cave in it, from the sons of Heth.”
33. When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed. And he expired, and was gathered to his people.
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HNpcalledH7121
HCHVqw3mstoH413
HRhis sonsH1121
HNcmpcHSp3msand said,H559
HCHVqw3ms"Gather yourselves together,H622
HVNv2mpthat I may tellH5046
HCHVhi1csyouHl
HRHSp2mpH853
HTowhatH834
HTrshall happenH7122
HVqi3msto youH853
HToHSp2mpin the lastH319
HRHNcfscdays.H3117
HTdHNcmpa
Gather yourselves togetherH6908
HVNv2mpand hear,H8085
HCHVqv2mpsonsH1121
HNcmpcof Jacob,H3290
HNpand hearkenH8085
HCHVqv2mptoH413
HRIsraelH3478
HNpyour father.H1
HNcmscHSp2mp
Reuben,H7205
HNpyouH859
HPp2msaremy firstborn,H1060
HNcmscHSp1csmy might,H3581
HNcmscHSp1csand the beginningH7225
HCHNcfscof my strength,H202
HNcmscHSp1csthe excellencyH3499
HNcmscof dignityH7613
HNcfsaand the excellencyH3499
HCHNcmscof power.H5794
HNcmsa
UnstableH6349
HNcmsaas water,H4325
HRdHNcmpayou shall notH408
HTnexcelH3498
HVhj2msbecauseH3588
HCyou went upH5927
HVqp2msto your father'sH1
HNcmscHSp2msbed;H4904
HNcmpcthenH227
HDyou defiledH2490
HVpp2msit. He went upH5927
HVqp3msto my couch.H3326
HNcmscHSp1cs
SimeonH8095
HNpand LeviH3878
HCHNparebrothers;H251
HNcmpatoolsH3627
HNcmpcof violenceH2555
HNcmsaaretheir weapons.H4380
HNcfpcHSp3mp
Oh my soul,H5315
HNcbscHSp1csdo notH408
HTncomeH935
HVqj3fsinto their council.H5475
HRHNcmscHSp3mpLet notH408
HTnmy honorH3519
HNcbscHSp1csbe unitedH3161
HVqj3fswith their assembly,H6951
HRHNcmscHSp3mpforH3588
HCin their angerH639
HRHNcmscHSp3mpthey killedH2026
HVqp3cpa man,H376
HNcmsaand in their self-willH7522
HCHRHNcmscHSp3mpthey hamstrungH6131
HVpp3cpoxen.H7794
HNcmsa
Let their angerH639
HNcmscHSp3mpbe cursed,H779
HVqsmsaforH3588
HCit wasfierce;H5794
HAamsaand their wrath,H5678
HCHNcfscHSp3mpforH3588
HCit was cruel.H7185
HVqp3fsI will divide themH2505
HVpi1csHSp3mpin Jacob,H3290
HRHNpand scatter themH6327
HCHVhi1csHSp3mpin Israel.H3478
HRHNp
Judah,H3063
HNpmay your brothersH251
HNcmpcHSp2mspraiseH3034
HVhi3mpHSp2msyou.H859
HPp2msMay your handH3027
HNcbscHSp2msbeon the neckH6203
HRHNcmscof your enemies.H341
HVqrmpcHSp2msMay your father'sH1
HNcmscHSp2mssonsH1121
HNcmpcbowH7812
HVvi3mpbefore you.Hl
HRHSp2ms
JudahH3063
HNpisa lion'sH738
HNcmsawhelp.H1482
HNcmscMy son,H1121
HNcmscHSp1csyou have gone upH5927
HVqp2msfrom the prey.H2964
HRHNcmsaHe stooped,H3766
HVqp3mshe crouchedH7257
HVqp3mslike a lion;H738
HRHNcmsaand like a lioness,H3833
HCHRHNcbsawhoH4310
HTishall rouse him?H6965
HVhi3msHSp3ms
The scepterH7626
HNcmsashall notH3808
HTndepartH5493
HVqi3msfrom Judah,H3063
HRHNpnor a lawgiverH2710
HCHVmrmsafrom betweenH996
HRHRhis feet,H7272
HNcfdcHSp3msuntilH5704
HRH3588
HCShilohH7886
HNpcome.H935
HVqi3msAnd to HimHl
HCHRHSp3msshall be the obedienceH3349
HNcfscof the people.H5971
HNcmpa
BindingH631
HVqrmscHis foalH5895
HNcmscHSp3msto the vine,H1612
HRdHNcbsaand His donkey'sH860
HNcfscHSp3mscoltH1121
HNcmscto the choice vine,H8321
HCHRdHNcfsaHe washedH3526
HVpp3msHis garmentsH3830
HNcmscHSp3msin wine,H3196
HRdHNcmsaand His clothesH5497
HNcmscHSp3msin the bloodH1818
HCHRHNcmscof grapes.H6025
HNcmpa
His eyesH5869
HNcbdaare more sparklingH2447
HAamscthan wine,H3196
HRHNcmsaand His teethH8127
HNcbdaare whiterH3836
HCHAamscthan milk.H2461
HRHNcmsa
ZebulunH2074
HNpshall liveH7931
HVqi3msat the seashore.H2348
HRHNcmscH3220
HNcmpaAnd heH1931
HCHPp3msshall bea havenH2348
HRHNcmscfor ships,H591
HNcfpaand his borderH3411
HCHNcfscHSp3msbesideH5921
HRSidon.H6721
HNp
IssacharH3485
HNpisa strongH1634
HNcmsadonkeyH2543
HNcbsccrouching downH7257
HVqrmsabetweenH996
HRthe sheepfolds.H4942
HTdHNcmda
And he sawH7200
HCHVqw3msthatH3588
HCrestH4496
HNcbsawasgoodH2896
HAamsaandH853
HCHTothatH3588
HCthe landH776
HTdHNcbsawas pleasant.H5276
HVqp3fsAnd he bowedH5186
HCHVqw3mshis shoulderH7926
HNcmscHSp3msto bearH5445
HRHVqca burden, and becameH1961
HCHVqw3msa tribute-servant.H5647
HVqrmsaH4522
HRHNcmsc
DanH1835
HNpshall judgeH1777
HVqi3mshis people,H5971
HNcmscHSp3msas oneH259
HRHAcmscof the tribesH7626
HNcmpcof Israel.H3478
HNp
DanH1835
HNpshall beH1961
HVqi3msa serpentH5175
HNcmsabyH5921
HRthe way,H1870
HNcbsaan adderH8207
HNcmsainH5921
HRthe path,H734
HNcbsathat bitesH5391
HTdHVqrmsathe horse'sH5483
HNcmsaheels,H6119
HNcmpcso that its riderH7392
HVqrmscHSp3msshall fallH5307
HCHVqw3msbackward.H268
HNcmsa
Gad,H1410
HNpraidersH1416
HNcmsashall attack him,H1464
HVqi3msHSp3msbut heH1931
HCHPp3msshall overcomeH1464
HVqi3msat the last.H6119
HNcmsa
Out of AsherH836
HRHNphis breadH3899
HNcbscHSp3msshall berich,H8082
HAafsaand heH1931
HCHPp3msshall yieldH5414
HVqi3msroyalH4428
HNcmsadainties.H4574
HNcbpc
NaphtaliH5321
HNpisa deerH355
HNcfsalet loose.H7971
HVqsfsaHe givesH5414
HTdHVqrmsagoodlyH8233
HNcmsawords.H561
HNcmpc
JosephH3130
HNpisa fruitfulH6509
HVqrfscbough,H1121
HNcmsaa fruitfulH6509
HVqrfscboughH1121
HNcmsabyH5921
HRa well,H5869
HNcbsawhose branchesH1323
HNcfparunH6805
HVqp3fsoverH5921
HRthe wall.H7791
HNcmsa
The archersH1167
HNcmpcH2671
HNcmpahave fiercely attacked himH4843
HCHVpw3mpHSp3msand have shotH7232
HCHVqp3cpat him, and hated him.H7852
HCHVqw3mpHSp3ms
But his bowH7198
HNcfscHSp3msabodeH3427
HCHVqw3fsin strength,H386
HRHAamsaand the armsH2220
HNcbpcof his handsH3027
HNcbdcHSp3mswere made strongH6339
HCHVqw3mpby the handsH3027
HRHNcbdcof the mightyH46
HAamscGod of Jacob—H3290
HNpfrom thereH8033
HRHDis the Shepherd,H7462
HVqrmsathe StoneH68
HNcfscof Israel—H3478
HNp
By the GodH410
HRHNcmscof your father,H1
HNcmscHSp2msWho shall help you.H5826
HCHVqi3msHSp2msAnd may the AlmightyH7706
HNpbless youH1288
HCHVpi3msHSp2mswithH854
HCHRblessingsH1293
HNcfpcof heavenH8064
HNcmpaabove,H5921
HRHNcmsablessingsH1293
HNcfpcof the deepH8415
HNcbsathat liesH7257
HVqrfsabeneath,H8478
HNcmsablessingsH1293
HNcfpcof the breastsH7699
HNcmdaand of the womb.H7356
HCHNcbsa
The blessingsH1293
HNcfpcof your fatherH1
HNcmscHSp2msare greaterH1396
HVqp3cpthanH5921
HRthe blessingsH1293
HNcfpcof my ancestors,H2029
HVqrmpcHSp1cstoH5704
HRthe utmost boundH8379
HNcfscof the everlastingH5769
HNcmsahills.H1389
HNcfpcThey shall beH1961
HVqi3fpon the headH7218
HRHNcmscof Joseph,H3130
HNpand on the crown of the head of him, the ruler, the leaderH6936
HCHRHNcmscwho was separatedH5139
HNcmscfrom his brothers.H251
HNcmpcHSp3ms
BenjaminH1144
HNpis a wolfH2061
HNcmsathat tears in pieces.H2963
HVqi3msIn the morningH1242
HRdHNcmsahe shall devourH398
HVqi3msthe prey,H5706
HNcmsaand at nightH6153
HCHRdHNcmsahe shall divideH2505
HVpi3msthe spoil."H7998
HNcmsa
AllH3605
HNcmsctheseH428
HPdxcpwerethe twelveH8147
HAcmdaH6240
HAcmsatribesH7626
HNcmpcof Israel.H3478
HNpAnd thisH2063
HCHPdxfsiswhatH834
HTrtheir fatherH1
HNcmscHSp3mpspokeH1696
HVpp3msto them,Hl
HRHSp3mpand blessedH1288
HCHVpw3msthem;H853
HToHSp3mpeveryoneH834
HTrH376
HNcmsaaccording to his blessing,H1293
HRHNcfscHSp3mshe blessedH1288
HVpp3msthem.H853
HToHSp3mp
And he chargedH6680
HCHVpw3msthemH853
HToHSp3mpand saidH559
HCHVqw3msto them,H413
HRHSp3mp"IH589
HPp1csam to be gatheredH622
HVNsmsatoH413
HRmy people.H5971
HNcmscHSp1csBuryH6912
HVqv2mpmeH853
HToHSp1cswithH413
HRmy fathersH1
HNcmpcHSp1csinH413
HRthe caveH4631
HTdHNcfsathatH834
HTris in the fieldH7704
HRHNcmscof EphronH6085
HNpthe Hittite,H2850
HTdHNgmsa
In the caveH4631
HRdHNcfsathatH834
HTrisin the fieldH7704
HRHNcmscof Machpelah,H4375
HTdHNpwhichH834
HTrisbeforeH5921
HRH6440
HNcbpcMamre,H4471
HNpin the landH776
HRHNcbscof Canaan,H3667
HNpH853
HTothe fieldH7704
HTdHNcmsawhichH834
HTrAbrahamH85
HNpboughtH7069
HVqp3msfromH854
HRHREphronH6085
HNpthe HittiteH2850
HTdHNgmsafor a burialH6913
HNcmsasite.H272
HRHNcfsc
They buriedH6912
HVqp3cpH853
HToAbrahamH85
HNpandH853
HCHTohis wifeH802
HNcfscHSp3msSarahH8283
HNpthere,H8033
HDHSdandH8033
HDHSdthey buriedH6912
HVqp3cpH853
HToIsaacH3327
HNpandH853
HCHTohis wifeH802
HNcfscHSp3msRebekah.H7259
HNpAnd I buriedH6912
HVqp1csH853
HToLeahH3812
HNpthere—H8033
HCHDHSd


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