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Genesis 49:30 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 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.
2 "Come and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.
3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power.
4 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.
5 "Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence.
6 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.
7 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.
8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will grasp your enemies by the neck. All your relatives will bow before you.
9 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?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.
11 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.
12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
13 "Zebulun will settle by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships; his borders will extend to Sidon.
14 "Issachar is a sturdy donkey, resting between two saddlepacks.
15 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.
16 "Dan will govern his people, like any other tribe in Israel.
17 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.
18 I trust in you for salvation, O LORD!
19 "Gad will be attacked by marauding bands, but he will attack them when they retreat.
20 "Asher will dine on rich foods and produce food fit for kings.
21 "Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
22 "Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey, the foal of a wild donkey at a spring-- one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.
23 Archers attacked him savagely; they shot at him and harassed him.
24 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.
25 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.
26 May the blessings of your father surpass the blessings of the ancient mountains, reaching to the heights of the eternal hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, who is a prince among his brothers.
27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, devouring his enemies in the morning and dividing his plunder in the evening."
28 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.
29 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.
30 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.
31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. There Isaac and his wife, Rebekah, are buried. And there I buried Leah.
32 It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites."
33 When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his ancestors in death.
1 And Jacob H3290 called H7121 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP his sons H1121 CMP-3MS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Gather yourselves together H622 , that I may tell H5046 you that which H834 RPRO shall befall H7122 you in the last H319 days H3117 D-NMP .
2 Gather yourselves together H6908 , and hear H8085 , ye sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 ; and hearken H8085 unto H413 PREP Israel H3478 your father H1 .
3 Reuben H7205 , thou H859 PPRO-2MS art my firstborn H1060 , my might H3581 CMS-1MS , and the beginning H7225 of my strength H202 , the excellency H3499 of dignity H7613 VQFC , and the excellency H3499 of power H5794 :
4 Unstable H6349 as water H4325 , thou shalt not H408 NPAR excel H3498 ; because H3588 CONJ thou wentest up H5927 to thy father H1 NMS \'s bed H4904 ; then H227 ADV defiledst H2490 thou it : he went up H5927 to my couch H3326 .
5 Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brethren H251 NMP ; instruments H3627 of cruelty H2555 AMS are in their habitations H4380 .
6 O my soul H5315 CFS-1MS , come H935 VQY2MS not H408 NPAR thou into their secret H5475 ; unto their assembly H6951 , mine honor H3519 , be not H408 NPAR thou united H3161 : for H3588 CONJ in their anger H639 they slew H2026 a man H376 NMS , and in their self H7522 - will they digged down H6131 a wall H7791 .
7 Cursed H779 VWQ3MS be their anger H639 , for H3588 CONJ it was fierce H5794 ; and their wrath H5678 , for H3588 CONJ it was cruel H7185 : I will divide H2505 them in Jacob H3290 , and scatter H6327 them in Israel H3478 .
8 Judah H3063 , thou H859 PPRO-2MS art he whom thy brethren H251 CMP-2MS shall praise H3034 : thy hand H3027 CFS-2MS shall be in the neck H6203 of thine enemies H341 VQPMP-2MS ; thy father H1 \'s children H1121 shall bow down H7812 before thee .
9 Judah H3063 is a lion H738 NMS \'s whelp H1482 : from the prey H2964 , my son H1121 NMS-1MS , thou art gone up H5927 : he stooped down H3766 , he couched H7257 as a lion H738 , and as an old lion H3833 ; who H4310 IPRO shall rouse him up H6965 ?
10 The scepter H7626 CMS shall not H3808 ADV depart H5493 VQY3MS from Judah H3063 , nor a lawgiver H2710 from between H996 his feet H7272 , until H5704 PREP Shiloh H7886 come H935 VQY3MS ; and unto him shall the gathering H3349 of the people H5971 be .
11 Binding H631 his foal H5895 unto the vine H1612 , and his ass H860 \'s colt H1121 NMS-1MS unto the choice vine H8321 ; he washed H3526 his garments H3830 CMS-3MS in wine H3196 , and his clothes H5497 in the blood H1818 of grapes H6025 :
12 His eyes H5869 NMD shall be red H2447 with wine H3196 , and his teeth H8127 white H3836 with milk H2461 .
13 Zebulun H2074 shall dwell H7931 VQY3MS at the haven H2348 of the sea H3220 NMP ; and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall be for a haven H2348 of ships H591 CFP ; and his border H3411 shall be unto H5921 PREP Zidon H6721 .
14 Issachar H3485 is a strong H1634 ass H2543 couching down H7257 VQPMS between H996 PREP two burdens H4942 :
15 And he saw H7200 W-VIY3MS that H3588 CONJ rest H4496 was good H2896 AMS , and the land H776 D-GFS that H3588 CONJ it was pleasant H5276 ; and bowed H5186 W-VQY3MS his shoulder H7926 to bear H5445 , and became H1961 W-VQY3MS a servant H5647 unto tribute H4522 .
16 Dan H1835 shall judge H1777 VQY3MS his people H5971 , as one H259 K-NMS of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 LMS .
17 Dan H1835 shall be H1961 VPY3MS a serpent H5175 NMS by H5921 PREP the way H1870 , an adder H8207 in H5921 PREP the path H734 , that biteth H5391 the horse H5483 heels H6119 , so that his rider H7392 shall fall H5307 W-VQY3MS backward H268 .
18 I have waited H6960 VPQ1MS for thy salvation H3444 , O LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
19 Gad H1410 , a troop H1416 shall overcome H1464 him : but he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall overcome H1464 at the last H6119 NMS .
20 Out of Asher H836 his bread H3899 CMS-3MS shall be fat H8082 , and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall yield H5414 VHFA royal H4428 NMS dainties H4574 .
21 Naphtali H5321 is a hind H355 let loose H7971 : he giveth H5414 D-VQPMS goodly H8233 words H561 CMP .
22 Joseph H3130 is a fruitful H6509 bough H1121 NMS , even a fruitful H6509 bough H1121 NMS by H5921 PREP a well H5869 NMS ; whose branches H1323 run H6805 over H5921 PREP the wall H7791 :
23 The archers H1167 CMP have sorely grieved H4843 him , and shot H7232 at him , and hated H7852 him :
24 But his bow H7198 abode H3427 in strength H386 , and the arms H2220 of his hands H3027 CFD-3MS were made strong H6339 by the hands H3027 M-CFD of the mighty H46 God of Jacob H3290 ; (from thence H8033 M-ADV is the shepherd H7462 VQPMS , the stone H68 GFS of Israel H3478 LMS : )
25 Even by the God H410 of thy father H1 NMS , who shall help H5826 thee ; and by the Almighty H7706 EDS , who shall bless H1288 thee with blessings H1293 of heaven H8064 NMP above H5920 , blessings H1293 of the deep H8415 NMS that lieth H7257 under H8478 , blessings H1293 of the breasts H7699 , and of the womb H7356 :
26 The blessings H1293 of thy father H1 NMS have prevailed H1396 above H5921 PREP the blessings H1293 of my progenitors H2029 unto H5704 the utmost bound H8379 of the everlasting H5769 NMS hills H1389 : they shall be H1961 on the head H7218 of Joseph H3130 , and on the crown of the head H6936 of him that was separate from H5139 his brethren H251 .
27 Benjamin H1144 shall ravin H2963 as a wolf H2061 : in the morning H1242 B-NMS he shall devour H398 VQY3MS the prey H5706 , and at night H6153 he shall divide H2505 VPY3MS the spoil H7998 NMS .
28 All H3605 NMS these H428 PMP are the twelve H8147 tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 : and this H2063 is it that H834 RPRO their father H1 CMS-3MP spoke H1696 VPQ3MS unto them , and blessed H1288 W-VNY3MS them ; every one H376 according to his blessing H1293 he blessed H1288 W-VNY3MS them .
29 And he charged H6680 W-VPY3MS them , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP them , I H589 PPRO-1MS am to be gathered H622 unto H413 PREP my people H5971 : bury H6912 me with H413 PREP my fathers H1 in H413 PREP the cave H4631 that H834 RPRO is in the field H7704 of Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 ,
30 In the cave H4631 that H834 RPRO is in the field H7704 of Machpelah H4375 , which H834 RPRO is before H5921 PREP Mamre H4471 EFS , in the land H776 B-GFS of Canaan H3667 EMS , which H834 RPRO Abraham H85 bought H7069 with H854 the field H7704 D-NMS of Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 for a possession H272 of a burial place H6913 NMS .
31 There H8033 ADV-3FS they buried H6912 Abraham H85 and Sarah H8283 his wife H802 CFS-3MS ; there H8033 ADV-3FS they buried H6912 Isaac H3327 and Rebekah H7259 his wife H802 CFS-3MS ; and there H8033 I buried H6912 Leah H3812 .
32 The purchase H4735 CMS of the field H7704 D-NMS and of the cave H4631 that H834 RPRO is therein was from the children H1121 of Heth H2845 EMS .
33 And when Jacob H3290 had made an end H3615 W-VPY3MS of commanding H6680 his sons H1121 CMP-3MS , he gathered up H622 his feet H7272 into H413 PREP the bed H4296 , and yielded up the ghost H1478 W-VQY3MS , and was gathered H622 unto H413 PREP his people H5971 .