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Genesis 49:3-27

49:3

Reuben
<07205>_,

thou [art] my firstborn
<01060>_,

my might
<03581>_,

and the beginning
<07225>

of my strength
<0202>_,

the excellency
<03499>

of dignity
<07613>_,

and the excellency
<03499>

of power
<05794>_:

49:4

Unstable
<06349>

as water
<04325>_,

thou shalt not excel
<03498> (8686)_;

because thou wentest up
<05927> (8804)

to thy father's
<01>

bed
<04904>_;

then defiledst thou
<02490> (8765)

[it]: he went up
<05927> (8804)

to my couch
<03326>_.

{thou shalt...: Heb. do not thou excel} {he went...: or, my couch is gone}

49:5

Simeon
<08095>

and Levi
<03878>

[are] brethren
<0251>_;

instruments
<03627>

of cruelty
<02555>

[are in] their habitations
<04380>_.

{instruments...: or, their swords are weapons of violence}

49:6

O my soul
<05315>_,

come
<0935> (8799)

not thou into their secret
<05475>_;

unto their assembly
<06951>_,

mine honour
<03519>_,

be not thou united
<03161> (8799)_:

for in their anger
<0639>

they slew
<02026> (8804)

a man
<0376>_,

and in their selfwill
<07522>

they digged down
<06131> (8765)

a wall
<07794>_.

{digged...: or, houghed oxen}

49:7

Cursed
<0779> (8803)

[be] their anger
<0639>_,

for [it was] fierce
<05794>_;

and their wrath
<05678>_,

for it was cruel
<07185> (8804)_:

I will divide
<02505> (8762)

them in Jacob
<03290>_,

and scatter
<06327> (8686)

them in Israel
<03478>_.

49:8

Judah
<03063>_,

thou [art he] whom thy brethren
<0251>

shall praise
<03034> (8686)_:

thy hand
<03027>

[shall be] in the neck
<06203>

of thine enemies
<0341> (8802)_;

thy father's
<01>

children
<01121>

shall bow down
<07812> (8691)

before thee.

49:9

Judah
<03063>

[is] a lion's
<0738>

whelp
<01482>_:

from the prey
<02964>_,

my son
<01121>_,

thou art gone up
<05927> (8804)_:

he stooped down
<03766> (8804)_,

he couched
<07257> (8804)

as a lion
<0738>_,

and as an old lion
<03833>_;

who shall rouse him up
<06965> (8686)_?

49:10

The sceptre
<07626>

shall not depart
<05493> (8799)

from Judah
<03063>_,

nor a lawgiver
<02710> (8781)

from between his feet
<07272>_,

until
<03588>

Shiloh
<07886>

come
<0935> (8799)_;

and unto him [shall] the gathering
<03349>

of the people
<05971>

[be].

49:11

Binding
<0631> (8802)

his foal
<05895>

unto the vine
<01612>_,

and his ass's
<0860>

colt
<01121>

unto the choice vine
<08321>_;

he washed
<03526> (8765)

his garments
<03830>

in wine
<03196>_,

and his clothes
<05497>

in the blood
<01818>

of grapes
<06025>_:

49:12

His eyes
<05869>

[shall be] red
<02447>

with wine
<03196>_,

and his teeth
<08127>

white
<03836>

with milk
<02461>_.

49:13

Zebulun
<02074>

shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

at the haven
<02348>

of the sea
<03220>_;

and he [shall be] for an haven
<02348>

of ships
<0591>_;

and his border
<03411>

[shall be] unto Zidon
<06721>_.

49:14

Issachar
<03485>

[is] a strong
<01634>

ass
<02543>

couching down
<07257> (8802)

between two burdens
<04942>_:

49:15

And he saw
<07200> (8799)

that rest
<04496>

[was] good
<02896>_,

and the land
<0776>

that [it was] pleasant
<05276> (8804)_;

and bowed
<05186> (8799)

his shoulder
<07926>

to bear
<05445> (8800)_,

and became a servant
<05647> (8802)

unto tribute
<04522>_.

49:16

Dan
<01835>

shall judge
<01777> (8799)

his people
<05971>_,

as one
<0259>

of the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_.

49:17

Dan
<01835>

shall be a serpent
<05175>

by the way
<01870>_,

an adder
<08207>

in the path
<0734>_,

that biteth
<05391> (8802)

the horse
<05483>

heels
<06119>_,

so that his rider
<07392> (8802)

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

backward
<0268>_.

{an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake}

49:18

I have waited for
<06960> (8765)

thy salvation
<03444>_,

O LORD
<03068>_.

49:19

Gad
<01410>_,

a troop
<01416>

shall overcome
<01464> (8799)

him: but he shall overcome
<01464> (8799)

at the last
<06119>_.

49:20

Out of Asher
<0836>

his bread
<03899>

[shall be] fat
<08082>_,

and he shall yield
<05414> (8799)

royal
<04428>

dainties
<04574>_.

49:21

Naphtali
<05321>

[is] a hind
<0355>

let loose
<07971> (8803)_:

he giveth
<05414> (8802)

goodly
<08233>

words
<0561>_.

49:22

Joseph
<03130>

[is] a fruitful
<06509> (8802)

bough
<01121>_,

[even] a fruitful
<06509> (8802)

bough
<01121>

by a well
<05869>_;

[whose] branches
<01323>

run
<06805> (8804)

over the wall
<07791>_:

{branches: Heb. daughters}

49:23

The archers
<01167> <02671>

have sorely grieved him
<04843> (8762)_,

and shot
<07232> (8804)

[at him], and hated him
<07852> (8799)_:

49:24

But his bow
<07198>

abode
<03427> (8799)

in strength
<0386>_,

and the arms
<02220>

of his hands
<03027>

were made strong
<06339> (8799)

by the hands
<03027>

of the mighty
<046>

[God] of Jacob
<03290>_;

(from thence [is] the shepherd
<07462> (8802)_,

the stone
<068>

of Israel
<03478>:)

49:25

[Even] by the God
<0410>

of thy father
<01>_,

who shall help
<05826> (8799)

thee; and by
<0854>

the Almighty
<07706>_,

who shall bless
<01288> (8762)

thee with blessings
<01293>

of heaven
<08064>

above
<05920>_,

blessings
<01293>

of the deep
<08415>

that lieth
<07257> (8802)

under, blessings
<01293>

of the breasts
<07699>_,

and of the womb
<07356>_:

49:26

The blessings
<01293>

of thy father
<01>

have prevailed
<01396> (8804)

above the blessings
<01293>

of my progenitors
<02029> (8802)

unto the utmost bound
<08379>

of the everlasting
<05769>

hills
<01389>_:

they shall be on the head
<07218>

of Joseph
<03130>_,

and on the crown of the head
<06936>

of him that was separate
<05139>

from his brethren
<0251>_.

49:27

Benjamin
<01144>

shall ravin
<02963> (8799)

[as] a wolf
<02061>_:

in the morning
<01242>

he shall devour
<0398> (8799)

the prey
<05706>_,

and at night
<06153>

he shall divide
<02505> (8762)

the spoil
<07998>_.