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Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, “Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, “Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.
Jacob Blesses His Sons
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
“Come and listen, you sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel, your father.
listen to Israel, your father.
“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,
listen to Israel your father.
listen to Israel your father.
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength,
the child of my vigorous youth.
You are first in rank and first in power.
the child of my vigorous youth.
You are first in rank and first in power.
“Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might, and the firstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
my might, and the firstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
But you are as unruly as a flood,
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.
Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you went up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it — he went up to my couch!
because you went up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it — he went up to my couch!
“Simeon and Levi are two of a kind;
their weapons are instruments of violence.
their weapons are instruments of violence.
“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.
weapons of violence are their swords.
May I never join in their meetings;
may I never be a party to their plans.
For in their anger they murdered men,
and they crippled oxen just for sport.
may I never be a party to their plans.
For in their anger they murdered men,
and they crippled oxen just for sport.
Let my soul come not into their council;
O my glory, be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.
O my glory, be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.
A curse on their anger, for it is fierce;
a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob;
I will disperse them throughout Israel.
a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob;
I will disperse them throughout Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
“Judah, your brothers will praise you.
You will grasp your enemies by the neck.
All your relatives will bow before you.
You will grasp your enemies by the neck.
All your relatives will bow before you.
“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.
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
Judah, my son, is a young lion
that has finished eating its prey.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down;
like a lioness — who dares to rouse him?
that has finished eating its prey.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down;
like a lioness — who dares to rouse him?
Judah is a lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
He ties his foal to a grapevine,
the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
His eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth are whiter than milk.
and his teeth are whiter than milk.
His eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
and his teeth whiter than milk.
“Zebulun will settle by the seashore
and will be a harbor for ships;
his borders will extend to Sidon.
and will be a harbor for ships;
his borders will extend to Sidon.
“Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
When he sees how good the countryside is
and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
and submit himself to hard labor.
and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
and submit himself to hard labor.
He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and became a servant at forced labor.
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and became a servant at forced labor.
“Dan will govern his people,
like any other tribe in Israel.
like any other tribe in Israel.
“Dan shall judge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan will be a snake beside the road,
a poisonous viper along the path
that bites the horse’s hooves
so its rider is thrown off.
a poisonous viper along the path
that bites the horse’s hooves
so its rider is thrown off.
Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.
“Gad will be attacked by marauding bands,
but he will attack them when they retreat.
but he will attack them when they retreat.
“Asher will dine on rich foods
and produce food fit for kings.
and produce food fit for kings.
“Asher’s food shall be rich,
and he shall yield royal delicacies.
and he shall yield royal delicacies.
“Naphtali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns.
that bears beautiful fawns.
Archers attacked him savagely;
they shot at him and harassed him.
they shot at him and harassed him.
The archers bitterly attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
But his bow remained taut,
and his arms were strengthened
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
and his arms were strengthened
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
May the God of your father help you;
may the Almighty bless you
with the blessings of the heavens above,
and blessings of the watery depths below,
and blessings of the breasts and womb.
may the Almighty bless you
with the blessings of the heavens above,
and blessings of the watery depths below,
and blessings of the breasts and womb.
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
devouring his enemies in the morning
and dividing his plunder in the evening.”
devouring his enemies in the morning
and dividing his plunder in the evening.”
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey
and at evening dividing the spoil.”
in the morning devouring the prey
and at evening dividing the spoil.”
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message.
Jacob’s Death and Burial
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
Jacob’s Death and Burial
Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Then he commanded 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,
This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.
in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. There Isaac and his wife, Rebekah, are buried. And there I buried Leah.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah —
It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”
the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.”