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| [1]And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, `Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days. |
[1]And Iacob called for his sonnes, and sayde: Come together, that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes |
| [2]`Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father. |
[2]Gather ye together, & heare ye sonnes of Iacob, hearken vnto Israel your father |
| [3]Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength; |
[3]Ruben my first borne, thou art my myght, & the beginning of my strength, the noblenesse of dignitie, and the noblenesse of power |
| [4]Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up! |
[4]Unstable as water, thou shalt not be the chiefest, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bedde: for then defiledst thou my couche with goyng vp |
| [5]Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals! |
[5]Simeon and Leui brethren, are cruell instrumentes in their habitations |
| [6]Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince. |
[6]O my soule, come not thou into their secretes, neither into their congregations let mine honour be vnited: for in their wrath they slewe a man, and in their selfe wyll, they dygge downe a wall |
| [7]Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel. |
[7]Cursed be their wrath, for it was shamelesse, and their fiercenesse, for it was cruell: I wyll deuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel |
| [8]Judah! thou -- thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand [is] on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee. |
[8]Iuda, thou art he whom thy brethren shall prayse: Thy hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers children shall stowpe before thee |
| [9]A lion's whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise? |
[9]Iuda is a lions whelpe: fro thy spoyle my sonne thou art come on hye. He layed him downe, and couched himselfe as a lion, and as a lionesse: who wyll stirre hym vp |
| [10]The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples. |
[10]The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be |
| [11]Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering; |
[11]He shall bynde his foale vnto ye vine, and his asses colt vnto the braunche: He wasshed his garment in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes |
| [12]Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk! |
[12]His eyes [shalbe] redde with wine, and his teeth whyte with mylke |
| [13]Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] unto Zidon. |
[13]Zabulon shall dwell besyde the hauen of the sea, & nye the haue of shippes, his border shalbe vnto Sidon |
| [14]Issacher [is] a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds; |
[14]Isachar [is] a strong asse, couchyng hym downe betweene two burthens |
| [15]And he seeth rest that [it is] good, And the land that [it is] pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant. |
[15]And sawe that rest was good, and the lande that it was pleasaunt: and bowed his shoulder to beare, and became a seruaunt vnto tribute |
| [16]Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel; |
[16]Dan shall iudge his people, and one of the tribes of Israel |
| [17]Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward. |
[17]Dan shalbe a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, bytyng ye horse heeles, and his ryder fell backewarde |
| [18]For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah! |
[18]I haue wayted for thy saluation O Lorde |
| [19]Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last. |
[19]Gad, an hoast of men shall ouercome hym: but he shall ouercome [him] at the last |
| [20]Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he giveth dainties of a king. |
[20]Out of the fat [lande] of Aser shalbe his bread, and he shall geue pleasures for a kyng |
| [21]Naphtali [is] a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones. |
[21]Nephthalim is a hynde sent for a present geuyng goodly wordes |
| [22]Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall; |
[22]Ioseph is lyke a floryshyng bough, a bough floryshyng by a well syde [whose] small boughes ran vpon the wall |
| [23]And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers; |
[23]The archers haue greeuously prouoked hym, and shot him through with dartes, they haue hated him to his hinderaunce |
| [24]And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel. |
[24]But his bowe abode fast, and the armes of his handes were made strong by the handes of the myghtie God of Iacob: Out of him shal come an heardman, a stone in Israel |
| [25]By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; -- |
[25]From thy fathers God which hath helped thee, and from the almyghtie which hath blessed thee with blessinges from heauen aboue, with blessynges of the deepe that lyeth vnder, & with blessynges of the brestes and of the wombe |
| [26]Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brethren. |
[26]The blessynges of thy fathers shall be stronger then the blessinges of my elders: vnto the vtmost of the hylles of the worlde, they shalbe on the head of Ioseph, and on the toppe of the head of hym that was seperate from his brethren |
| [27]Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.' |
[27]Beniamin shall rauishe as a wolfe: In the mornyng he shall deuour the pray, and at nyght he shall deuide the spoyle |
| [28]All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them. |
[28]All these are the twelue tribes of Israel: and this their father spake vnto them, and blessed them, euery one of them blessed he with a seueral blessing |
| [29]And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, `I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite; |
[29]And he charged them, and sayde vnto them: When I shalbe gathered vnto my people, bury me with my fathers in the caue that is in the field of Ephron the Hethite |
| [30]in the cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place; |
[30]In the caue that is in the fielde of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the lande of Chanaan, which Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in |
| [31](there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah); |
[31]Where as were buried Abraham and Sara his wyfe, and where as were buried Isahac and Rebecca his wife: & there I buried Lea |
| [32]the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from Sons of Heth.' |
[32]The fielde and the caue that is therin was bought of the chyldren of Heth |
| [33]And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people. |
[33]And when Iacob had made an ende of commaundyng all that he would vnto his sonnes, he plucked vp his feete vnto the bedde, and dyed: and was put vnto his people |