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Genesis 49 (GNB) Good News Bible

1 Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the future:
2 "Come together and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.
3 "Reuben, my first-born, you are my strength And the first child of my manhood, The proudest and strongest of all my sons.
4 You are like a raging flood, But you will not be the most important, For you slept with my concubine And dishonored your father's bed.
5 "Simeon and Levi are brothers. They use their weapons to commit violence.
6 I will not join in their secret talks, Nor will I take part in their meetings, For they killed people in anger And they crippled bulls for sport.
7 A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.
8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. You hold your enemies by the neck. Your brothers will bow down before you.
9 Judah is like a lion, Killing his victim and returning to his den, Stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.
10 Judah will hold the royal scepter, And his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute And bow in obedience before him.
11 He ties his young donkey to a grapevine, To the very best of the vines. He washes his clothes in blood-red wine.
12 His eyes are bloodshot from drinking wine, His teeth white from drinking milk.
13 "Zebulun will live beside the sea. His shore will be a haven for ships. His territory will reach as far as Sidon.
14 "Issachar is no better than a donkey That lies stretched out between its saddlebags.
15 But he sees that the resting place is good And that the land is delightful. So he bends his back to carry the load And is forced to work as a slave.
16 "Dan will be a ruler for his people. They will be like the other tribes of Israel.
17 Dan will be a snake at the side of the road, A poisonous snake beside the path, That strikes at the horse's heel, So that the rider is thrown off backward.
18 "I wait for your deliverance, LORD.
19 "Gad will be attacked by a band of robbers, But he will turn and pursue them.
20 "Asher's land will produce rich food. He will provide food fit for a king.
21 "Naphtali is a deer that runs free, Who bears lovely fawns.
22 "Joseph is like a wild donkey by a spring, A wild colt on a hillside.
23 His enemies attack him fiercely And pursue him with their bows and arrows.
24 But his bow remains steady, And his arms are made strong By the power of the Mighty God of Jacob, By the Shepherd, the Protector of Israel.
25 It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,
26 Blessings of grain and flowers, Blessings of ancient mountains, Delightful things from everlasting hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, On the brow of the one set apart from his brothers.
27 "Benjamin is like a vicious wolf. Morning and evening he kills and devours."
28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.
29 Then Jacob commanded his sons, "Now that I am going to join my people in death, bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 at Machpelah east of Mamre in the land of Canaan. Abraham bought this cave and field from Ephron for a burial ground.
31 That is where they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; that is where they buried Isaac and his wife Rebecca; and that is where I buried Leah.
32 The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites. Bury me there."
33 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he lay back down and died.
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 .
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