New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 49:8-12

8“JudahH3063, your brothersH251 shall praiseH3034 you; Your handH3027 shall be on the neckH6203 of your enemiesH340; 1Your father’sH1 sonsH1121 shall bowH7812 downH7812 to you.9JudahH3063 is a 2lion’sH743 whelpH1482; From the preyH2964, my sonH1121, you have goneH5927 up. 3He 4couchesH3766, he liesH7257 downH7257 as a lionH743, And as a 5lionH3833, whoH4310 6dares rouseH6965 him up?10 7The scepterH7626 shall not departH5493 from JudahH3063, NorH3808 the ruler’sH2710 staffH2710 from betweenH996 his feetH7272, 8UntilH5704 H3588 ShilohH7886 comesH935, And 9to him shall be the obedienceH3349 of the peoplesH5971.11 10 11He tiesH631 his foalH5895 to the vineH1612, And his donkey’sH860 coltH1121 to the choiceH8321 vineH8321; 12He washesH3526 his garmentsH3830 in wineH3196, And his robesH5497 in the bloodH1818 of grapesH6025.12His eyesH5869 are 13dullH2447 from wineH3196, And his teethH8127 14whiteH3836 from milkH2461.

Notes

1. Genesis 49:8 Gen 27:29; 1 Chr 5:2 ↩
2. Genesis 49:9 Ezek 19:5-7; Mic 5:8 ↩
3. Genesis 49:9 Num 24:9 ↩
4. Genesis 49:9 Lit bows down ↩
5. Genesis 49:9 Or lioness ↩
6. Genesis 49:9 Lit shall ↩
7. Genesis 49:10 Num 24:17; Ps 60:7; 108:8 ↩
8. Genesis 49:10 Or Until he comes to Shiloh; or Until he comes to whom it belongs ↩
9. Genesis 49:10 Ps 2:6-9; 72:8-11; Is 42:1, 4; 49:6 ↩
10. Genesis 49:11 Lit Binding of ↩
11. Genesis 49:11 Deut 8:7, 8; 2 Kin 18:32 ↩
12. Genesis 49:11 Is 63:2 ↩
13. Genesis 49:12 Or darker than ↩
14. Genesis 49:12 Or whiter than ↩