|
  49:1 ¶
And Jacob called his sons, and said to them, |
|
49:1 ¶
And Jacob°
called°°
unto°
his sons,°
and said,°°
Gather yourselves together,°°
that I may tell°°
you [that]°
which°
shall befall°°
you in the last°
days.° |
|
49:2
Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father. |
|
49:2
Gather yourselves together,°°
and hear,°°
ye sons°
of Jacob;°
and hearken°°
unto°
Israel°
your father.° |
|
49:3 ¶
Reuben{gr.Ruben}, thou [art] my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed. |
|
49:3 ¶
Reuben,°
thou°
[art] my firstborn,°
my might,°
and the beginning°
of my strength,°
the excellency°
of dignity,°
and the excellency°
of power:° |
|
49:4
Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for thou wentest up to the bed of thy father; then thou defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up. |
|
49:4
Unstable°
as water,°
thou shalt not°
excel;°°
because°
thou wentest up°°
to thy father's°
bed;°
then°
defiledst°
thou°°
[it]: he went up°°
to my couch.° |
|
49:5 ¶
Simeon{gr.Symeon} and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off. |
|
49:5 ¶
Simeon°
and Levi°
[are] brethren;°
instruments°
of cruelty°
[are in] their habitations.° |
|
49:6
Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull. |
|
49:6
O my soul,°
come°°
not°
thou into their secret;°
unto their assembly,°
mine honour,°
be not°
thou united:°°
for°
in their anger°
they slew°°
a man,°
and in their selfwill°
they digged down°°
a wall.°° |
|
49:7
Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. |
|
49:7
Cursed°°
[be] their anger,°
for°
[it was] fierce;°
and their wrath,°
for°
it was cruel:°°
I will divide°°
them in Jacob,°
and scatter°°
them in Israel.° |
|
49:8 ¶
Judah{gr.Juda}, thy brethren have praised thee, and thy hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall do thee reverence. |
|
49:8 ¶
Judah,°
thou°
[art he] whom thy brethren°
shall praise:°°
thy hand°
[shall be] in the neck°
of thine enemies;°°
thy father's°
children°
shall bow down°°
before thee. |
|
49:9
Judah{gr.Juda} is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, thou art gone up, having couched thou liest as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up? |
|
49:9
Judah°
[is] a lion's°
whelp:°
from the prey,°°
my son,°
thou art gone up:°°
he stooped down,°°
he couched°°
as a lion,°
and as an old lion;°
who°
shall rouse him up?°° |
|
49:10
A ruler shall not fail from Judah{gr.Juda}, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and he is the expectation of nations. |
|
49:10
The sceptre°
shall not°
depart°°
from Judah,°°
nor a lawgiver°°
from between°°
his feet,°
until°°
Shiloh°
come;°°
and unto him [shall] the gathering°
of the people°
[be]. |
|
49:11
Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch [of it], he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape. |
|
49:11
Binding°°
his foal°
unto the vine,°
and his ass's°
colt°
unto the choice vine;°
he washed°°
his garments°
in wine,°
and his clothes°
in the blood°
of grapes:° |
|
49:12
His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. |
|
49:12
His eyes°
[shall be] red°
with wine,°°
and his teeth°
white°
with milk.°° |
|
49:13 ¶
Zebulun{gr.Zabulon} shall dwell on the coast, and he [shall be] by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Zidon{gr.Sidon}. |
|
49:13 ¶
Zebulun°
shall dwell°°
at the haven°
of the sea;°
and he°
[shall be] for an haven°
of ships;°
and his border°
[shall be] unto°
Zidon.° |
|
49:14 ¶
Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances. |
|
49:14 ¶
Issachar°
[is] a strong°
ass°
couching down°°
between°
two burdens:° |
|
49:15
And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labour, and became a husbandman. |
|
49:15
And he saw°°
that°
rest°
[was] good,°
and the land°
that°
[it was] pleasant;°°
and bowed°°
his shoulder°
to bear,°°
and became°
a servant°°
unto tribute.° |
|
49:16 ¶
Dan shall judge his people, as one tribe too in Israel. |
|
49:16 ¶
Dan°
shall judge°°
his people,°
as one°
of the tribes°
of Israel.° |
|
49:17
And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward), |
|
49:17
Dan°
shall be°
a serpent°
by°
the way,°
an adder°
in°
the path,°
that biteth°°
the horse°
heels,°
so that his rider°°
shall fall°°
backward.° |
|
49:18
waiting for the salvation of the Lord. |
|
49:18
I have waited°
for°°
thy salvation,°
O Yahweh.° |
|
49:19 ¶
Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; but he shall plunder him, [pursuing him] closely. |
|
49:19 ¶
Gad,°
a troop°
shall overcome°°
him: but he°
shall overcome°°
at the last.° |
|
49:20 ¶
Asher{gr.Aser}, his bread [shall be] fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes. |
|
49:20 ¶
Out of Asher°°
his bread°
[shall be] fat,°
and he°
shall yield°°
royal°
dainties.° |
|
49:21 ¶
Naphtali{gr.Nephthalim} is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit. |
|
49:21 ¶
Naphtali°
[is] a hind°
let loose:°°
he giveth°°
goodly°
words.° |
|
49:22 ¶
Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me. |
|
49:22 ¶
Joseph°
[is] a fruitful°°
bough,°
[even] a fruitful°°
bough°
by°
a well;°
[whose] branches°
run°°
over°
the wall:° |
|
49:23
Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached [him], and the archers pressed hard upon him. |
|
49:23
The archers°°
have sorely grieved°
him,°°
and shot°°
[at him], and hated°
him:°° |
|
49:24
But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of thy father; |
|
49:24
But his bow°
abode°°
in strength,°
and the arms°
of his hands°
were made strong°°
by the hands°°
of the mighty°
[God] of Jacob;°
(from thence°°
[is] the shepherd,°°
the stone°
of Israel:)° |
|
49:25
and my God helped thee, and he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb, |
|
49:25
[Even] by the El°°
of thy father,°
who shall help°°
thee; and by°
Shaddai,°
who shall bless°°
thee with blessings°
of heaven°
above,°°
blessings°
of the deep°
that lieth°°
under,°
blessings°
of the breasts,°
and of the womb:° |
|
49:26
the blessings of thy father and thy mother-- it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead. |
|
49:26
The blessings°
of thy father°
have prevailed°°
above°
the blessings°
of my progenitors°°
unto°
the utmost bound°
of the everlasting°
hills:°
they shall be°
on the head°
of Joseph,°
and on the crown of the head°
of him that was separate°
from°
his brethren.° |
|
49:27 ¶
Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food. |
|
49:27 ¶
Benjamin°
shall ravin°°
[as] a wolf:°
in the morning°
he shall devour°°
the prey,°
and at night°
he shall divide°°
the spoil.° |
|
49:28 ¶
All these [are] the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing. |
|
49:28 ¶
All°
these°
[are] the twelve°°
tribes°
of Israel:°
and this°
[is it] that°
their father°
spake°°
unto them, and blessed°°
them; every°
one°°
according to his blessing°
he blessed°°
them. |
|
49:29
And he said to them, I am added to my people; ye shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite{gr.Chettite}, |
|
49:29
And he charged°°
them, and said°°
unto°
them, I°
am to be gathered°°
unto°
my people:°
bury°°
me with°
my fathers°
in°
the cave°
that°
[is] in the field°
of Ephron°
the Hittite,° |
|
49:30
in the double cave which is opposite Mamre{gr.Mambre}, in the land of Canaan{gr.Chanaan}, the cave which Abraham{gr.Abraam} bought of Ephron the Hittite{gr.Chettite}, for a possession of a sepulchre. |
|
49:30
In the cave°
that°
[is] in the field°
of Machpelah,°
which°
[is] before°°
Mamre,°
in the land°
of Canaan,°
which°
Abraham°
bought°°
with°
the field°
of°°
Ephron°
the Hittite°
for a possession°
of a buryingplace.° |
|
49:31
There they buried Abraham{gr.Abraam} and Sarah{gr.Sarrha} his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebekah{gr.Rebecca} his wife; there they buried Leah{gr.Lea}; |
|
49:31
There°
they buried°°°
Abraham°
and Sarah°
his wife;°
there°
they buried°°°
Isaac°
and Rebekah°
his wife;°
and there°
I buried°°°
Leah.° |
|
49:32
in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, [purchased] of the sons of Heth{gr.Chet}. |
|
49:32
The purchase°
of the field°
and of the cave°
that°
[is] therein [was] from°°
the children°
of Heth.° |
|
49:33
And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people. |
|
49:33
And when Jacob°
had made an end°°
of commanding°°°
his sons,°
he gathered up°°
his feet°
into°
the bed,°
and yielded up the ghost,°°
and was gathered°°
unto°
his people.° |
