The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff between his feet, until Shiloh comes. And to him shall be the obedience of nations.

Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together so that I can tell you what will happen with you in {days to come}.

Judah, [as for] you, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand [shall be] on the neck of your enemies. The sons of your father shall bow down to you.

Joseph [is] the bough of a fruitful vine, a fruitful bough by a spring. His branches climb over the wall.

Judah [is] a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bowed down; he crouched like a lion and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him?

Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; weapons of violence [are] their swords. Let me not come into their council.

But his bow remained in a steady position; {his arms} were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there [is] the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

Reuben, you [are] my firstborn, my strength, and the firstfruit of my vigor, excelling in rank and excelling in power.

Zebulun shall settle by the shore of the sea. He [shall become] a haven for ships, and his border [shall be] at Sidon.

Then he instructed them and said to them, "I am [about to be] gathered to my people. Bury me among my ancestors in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Because of the God of your father he will help you and [by] Shaddai he will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and the womb.

Unstable as water, you shall not excel [any longer], for you went up upon the bed of your father, then defiled [it]. You went up upon my couch!

Dan shall be a serpent on the way, a viper on the road that bites the heels of a horse, so that its rider falls backward.

Issachar [is] a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.

Binding his donkey to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he washes his clothing in the wine and his garment in the blood of grapes.

Benjamin [is] a devouring wolf, devouring the prey in the morning, and dividing the plunder in the evening.

Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

The blessings of your father are superior to the blessings of my ancestors, to the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the forehead of the prince of his brothers.

When Jacob finished instructing his sons he drew his feet up to the bed. Then he took his last breath and was gathered to his people.

All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] what their father said to them when he blessed them, each according to their blessing.

Let not my person be joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and at their pleasure they hamstrung cattle.

I wait for your salvation, O Yahweh.

Bandits shall attack Gad, but he shall attack [their] heels.

Naphtali [is] a doe running free that puts forth beautiful words.

Asher's food [is] delicious, and he shall provide from the king's delicacies.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife. And there I buried Leah--

Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob! Listen to Israel your father!

Cursed be their anger, for [it is] fierce, and their wrath, for [it is] cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.

The eyes [are] darker than wine, and the teeth whiter than milk.

{The archers} fiercely attacked him. They shot arrows [at him] and were hostile to him.

in the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah that [is] before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

He saw a resting place that [was] good, and land that [was] pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.

the purchase of the field and the cave which [was] in it from the Hittites."