<p class="poetry">These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.p>

<p class="poetry">These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.p>

Counting the two sons<n id="1" /> of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.<n id="2" />p>

When Jacob was told,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Your son Joseph has just<n id="2" /> come to you,&#8221; Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

Jacob said to Joseph, &#8220;The sovereign God<n id="1" /> appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jacob called for his sons and said, &#8220;Gather together so I can tell you<n id="1" /> what will happen to you in the future.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But his bow will remain steady,p> <p class="poetry">and his hands<n id="1" /> will be skillful;p> <p class="poetry">because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">because of<n id="2" /> the Shepherd, the Rock<n id="3" /> of Israel,p>

<p class="bodytext">When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went<n id="1" /> to his people.p>

God heard their groaning,<n id="1" /> God remembered<n id="2" /> his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

He added, &#8220;I am the God of your father,<n id="1" /> the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.&#8221; Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look<n id="2" /> at God.p>

&#8220;that they may believe that the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.&#8221;p>

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as<n id="1" /> God Almighty,<n id="2" /> but by<n id="3" /> my name &#8216;the <sc>Lord&#8217;sc><n id="4" /> I was not known to them.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Moses<n id="1" /> went up to God, and the <sc>Lordsc> called to him from the mountain, &#8220;Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people<n id="2" /> of Israel:

I will remember my covenant with Jacob and also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham,<n id="1" /> and I will remember the land.

Then Balaam<n id="1" /> uttered<n id="2" /> his oracle, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Balak, the king of Moab, brought me<n id="3" /> from Aram,p> <p class="poetry">out of the mountains of the east, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me;p> <p class="poetry">come, denounce Israel.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who<n id="1" /> can count<n id="2" /> the dust<n id="3" /> of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">Or number<n id="4" /> the fourth part of Israel?p> <p class="poetry">Let me<n id="5" /> die the death of the upright,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">and let the end of my life<n id="7" /> be like theirs.&#8221;<n id="8" />p>

<p class="poetry">He<n id="1" /> has not looked on iniquity in Jacob,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">nor has he seen trouble<n id="3" /> in Israel.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> their God is with them;p> <p class="poetry">his acclamation<n id="4" /> as king is among them.p>

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

<p class="poetry">Israel lives in safety,p> <p class="poetry">the fountain of Jacob is quite secure,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in a land of grain and new wine;p> <p class="poetry">indeed, its heavens<n id="2" /> rain down dew.<n id="3" />p>

Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to him, &#8220;This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, &#8216;I will give it to your descendants.&#8217;<n id="1" /> I have let you see it,<n id="2" /> but you will not cross over there.&#8221;p>