Revised Version 1895

Genesis 49:1-4

1AndJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121unto hissonsבָּנָ֑יוba.NavH1121, andsaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559:Gatherהֵאָֽסְפוּ֙he.'a.se.FuH622yourselvestogetherH622, that I maytellוְאַגִּ֣ידָהve.'a.Gi.dahH5046youH834thatwhichH834shallbefallיִקְרָ֥אyik.Ra'H7122youH834in thelatterבְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbe.'a.cha.RitH319daysהַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.MimH3117.

2Assembleהִקָּבְצ֥וּhi.ka.ve.TzuH6908yourselves, andhearH8085, yesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290; And hearken untoIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478yourfatherאֲבִיכֶֽם׃'a.vi.KhemH1.

3Reubenרְאוּבֵן֙re.'u.VenH7205, thou art myfirstbornבְּכֹ֣רִיbe.Kho.riH1060, my might, and thebeginningוְרֵאשִׁ֣יתve.re.ShitH7225of mystrengthכֹּחִ֖יko.ChiH3581; The excellency ofdignityשְׂאֵ֖תse.'EtH7613, and the excellency ofpowerH3581.

4Unstable aswaterכַּמַּ֙יִם֙ka.Ma.yimH4325, thou shaltnotאַל־'al-H408have the excellency;Becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588thou wentestupH5927to thyfather’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1bedמִשְׁכְּבֵ֣יmish.ke.VeiH4904: Then defiledst thou it: hewentH5927upH5927to mycouchיְצוּעִ֥יye.tzu.'IH3326.

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