Genesis 49:2-27

2Gather yourselves togetherH6908, and hearH8085, ye sonsH1121 of JacobH3290; and hearkenH8085 to IsraelH3478 your fatherH1. 3ReubenH7205, thou art my firstbornH1060, my mightH3581, and the beginningH7225 of my strengthH202, the excellencyH3499 of dignityH7613, and the excellencyH3499 of powerH5794: 4UnstableH6349 as waterH4325, thou shalt not excelH3498; because thou wentest upH5927 to thy father’sH1 bedH4904; then thou didst defileH2490 it : he went upH5927 to my couchH3326.12

5SimeonH8095 and LeviH3878 are brethrenH251; instrumentsH3627 of crueltyH2555 are in their habitationsH4380.3 6O my soulH5315, comeH935 not thou into their secretH5475; to their assemblyH6951, my honourH3519, be not thou unitedH3161: for in their angerH639 they slewH2026 a manH376, and in their selfwillH7522 they digged downH6131 a wallH7794.4 7CursedH779 be their angerH639, for it was fierceH5794; and their wrathH5678, for it was cruelH7185: I will divideH2505 them in JacobH3290, and scatterH6327 them in IsraelH3478.

8JudahH3063, thou art he whom thy brethrenH251 shall praiseH3034: thy handH3027 shall be on the neckH6203 of thy enemiesH341; thy father’sH1 childrenH1121 shall bow downH7812 before thee. 9JudahH3063 is a lion’sH738 whelpH1482: from the preyH2964, my sonH1121, thou hast gone upH5927: he stooped downH3766, he crouchedH7257 as a lionH738, and as an old lionH3833; who shall rouse him upH6965? 10The sceptreH7626 shall not departH5493 from JudahH3063, nor a lawgiverH2710 from between his feetH7272, untilH3588 ShilohH7886 shall comeH935; and to him shall be the obedienceH3349 of the peopleH5971. 11BindingH631 his foalH5895 to the vineH1612, and his donkey’sH860 coltH1121 to the choice vineH8321; he washedH3526 his garmentsH3830 in wineH3196, and his clothesH5497 in the bloodH1818 of grapesH6025: 12His eyesH5869 shall be redH2447 with wineH3196, and his teethH8127 whiteH3836 with milkH2461.

13ZebulunH2074 shall dwellH7931 at the havenH2348 of the seaH3220; and he shall be for an havenH2348 of shipsH591; and his borderH3411 shall be to ZidonH6721. 14IssacharH3485 is a strongH1634 donkeyH2543 crouching downH7257 between two burdensH4942: 15And he sawH7200 that restH4496 was goodH2896, and the landH776 that it was pleasantH5276; and bowedH5186 his shoulderH7926 to bearH5445, and became a slaveH5647 at forced labourH4522. 16DanH1835 shall judgeH1777 his peopleH5971, as oneH259 of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478. 17DanH1835 shall be a serpentH5175 by the wayH1870, an adderH8207 in the pathH734, that bitethH5391 the horseH5483 heelsH6119, so that his riderH7392 shall fallH5307 backwardH268.5 18I have waited forH6960 thy salvationH3444, O LORDH3068. 19GadH1410, a troopH1416 shall overcomeH1464 him: but he shall overcomeH1464 at the lastH6119. 20Out of AsherH836 his breadH3899 shall be fatH8082, and he shall yieldH5414 royalH4428 daintiesH4574. 21NaphtaliH5321 is a hindH355 let looseH7971: he givethH5414 goodlyH8233 wordsH561.

22JosephH3130is a fruitfulH6509 boughH1121, even a fruitfulH6509 boughH1121 by a wellH5869; whose branchesH1323 runH6805 over the wallH7791:6 23The archersH1167H2671 have bitterly attacked himH4843, and shotH7232 at him, and hated himH7852: 24But his bowH7198 abodeH3427 in strengthH386, and the armsH2220 of his handsH3027 were made strongH6339 by the handsH3027 of the mightyH46 God of JacobH3290; (from there is the shepherdH7462, the stoneH68 of IsraelH3478:) 25Even by the GodH410 of thy fatherH1, who shall helpH5826 thee; and byH854 the AlmightyH7706, who shall blessH1288 thee with blessingsH1293 of heavenH8064 aboveH5920, blessingsH1293 of the deepH8415 that liethH7257 beneath, blessingsH1293 of the breastsH7699, and of the wombH7356: 26The blessingsH1293 of thy fatherH1 have prevailedH1396 above the blessingsH1293 of my ancestorsH2029 to the utmost boundH8379 of the everlastingH5769 hillsH1389: they shall be on the headH7218 of JosephH3130, and on the crown of the headH6936 of him that was separateH5139 from his brethrenH251. 27BenjaminH1144 shall ravenH2963 as a wolfH2061: in the morningH1242 he shall devourH398 the preyH5706, and at nightH6153 he shall divideH2505 the spoilH7998.