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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]THEN Jacob called his sons and said to them, Gather yourselves together that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. |
| [2]`Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father. |
[2]Gather yourselves together and listen, O sons of Jacob; and hearken o 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]Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, and the excellency of dignity, and the excellency 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]You went astray like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; truly, you have defiled my bed by going up into it |
| [5]Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals! |
[5]Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of anger are in their nature. |
| [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]I never agreed to their counsels; nor did I lower myself to sit in their assembly; for in their anger they slew men and in their rage they destroyed a town 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 anger, for it is raging: and their wrath, for it is fierce; I will divide them in Jacob, 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]Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you. |
| [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]Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you are gone up; he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall rouse him up? |
| [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 sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until the coming of the One to whom the sceptre belongs, to whom the Gentiles shall look forward. |
| [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 tie up his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to a branch; he shall bleach his garments with wine, and his robe with the juices of the grape; |
| [12]Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk! |
[12]His eyes shall be radiant with wine, and his teeth white with milk |
| [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]Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the seas; and he shall be a haven for ships; and his border shall extend as far as Zidon. |
| [14]Issacher [is] a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds; |
[14]Issachar is a mighty man couching by the highways; |
| [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 he saw that his dwelling place was good, and his land fertile; and he bowed his shoulder to servitude, and became a servant to tribute. |
| [16]Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel; |
[16]Dan shall judge his people as if the tribes of Israel were one. |
| [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 shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the paths, that bites the horse's heel and causes its rider to fall backward. |
| [18]For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah! |
[18]I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. |
| [19]Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last. |
[19]Gad shall go out to raid, and shall pursue at the heels of his enemies. |
| [20]Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he giveth dainties of a king. |
[20]As for Asher, his land is good, and he shall supply kings with food. |
| [21]Naphtali [is] a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones. |
[21]Naphtali is a swift messenger; he gives goodly words |
| [22]Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall; |
[22]Joseph is a disciplined son, an educated son; a fruitful bough by a spring, whose branches run over the wall. |
| [23]And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers; |
[23]A company of men quarreled with him, and being great in numbers, envied him; |
| [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 in strength he bent his bow, and his arms were made strong by the hands of the mighty One of Jacob; (by the name of the Shepherd, the Strength of 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]May the God of your father help you and the Almighty bless you with the blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb; |
| [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 blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my forbears to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is the prince of his brothers. |
| [27]Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.' |
[27]Benjamin is a plundering wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and in the evening he shall divide the spoil |
| [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 twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father Jacob said to them; he addressed them, then he blessed them, according to his blessing, he blessed every one of them. |
| [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]Then their father blessed them, and 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 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 cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the double cave which is in the field, before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial ground. |
| [31](there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah); |
[31]There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. |
| [32]the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from Sons of Heth.' |
[32]The field and the cave which is in it were purchased from the children 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 Jacob had finished charging his sons, he stretched his feet on his bed, and grew weak, and died, and was gathered to his people |