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Genesis 49:1 (show verse)
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.
Genesis 49:2 (show verse)
listen to your father Israel:
Genesis 49:3 (show verse)
my strength and the firstfruits of my virility,
excelling in prominence, excelling in power.
Genesis 49:4 (show verse)
because you got into your father’s bed
and you defiled it—he
Genesis 49:5 (show verse)
their knives are vicious weapons.
Genesis 49:6 (show verse)
may I never join their assembly.
For in their anger they kill men,
and on a whim they hamstring oxen.
Genesis 49:7 (show verse)
and their fury, for it is cruel!
I will disperse them throughout Jacob
and scatter them throughout Israel.
Genesis 49:8 (show verse)
Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies;
your father’s sons will bow down to you.
Genesis 49:9 (show verse)
my son, you return from the kill.
He crouches; he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
Genesis 49:10 (show verse)
or the staff from between his feet
until He whose right it is comes
and the obedience of the peoples belongs to Him.
Genesis 49:11 (show verse)
and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine
and his robes in the blood of grapes.
Genesis 49:12 (show verse)
and his teeth are whiter than milk.
Genesis 49:13 (show verse)
and will be a harbor for ships,
and his territory will be next to Sidon.
Genesis 49:14 (show verse)
lying down between the saddlebags.
Genesis 49:15 (show verse)
and that the land was pleasant,
so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load
and became a forced laborer.
Genesis 49:16 (show verse)
as one of the tribes of Israel.
Genesis 49:17 (show verse)
a viper beside the path,
that bites the horses’ heels
so that its rider falls backward.
Genesis 49:18 (show verse)
Genesis 49:19 (show verse)
but he will attack their heels.
Genesis 49:20 (show verse)
and he will produce royal delicacies.
Genesis 49:21 (show verse)
that bears beautiful fawns.
Genesis 49:22 (show verse)
a fruitful vine beside a spring;
its branches
Genesis 49:23 (show verse)
shot at him, and were hostile toward him.
Genesis 49:24 (show verse)
and his strong
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the name of
Genesis 49:25 (show verse)
and by the Almighty who blesses you
with blessings of the heavens above,
blessings of the deep that lies below,
and blessings of the breasts and the womb.
Genesis 49:26 (show verse)
the blessings of my ancestors
and
May they rest on the head of Joseph,
on the crown of the prince of his brothers.
Genesis 49:27 (show verse)
In the morning he devours the prey,
and in the evening he divides the plunder.”
Genesis 49:28 (show verse)
These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
Genesis 49:29 (show verse)
Then he commanded them: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 49:30 (show verse)
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Genesis 49:31 (show verse)
Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there, and I buried Leah there.
Genesis 49:32 (show verse)
The field and the cave in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
Genesis 49:33 (show verse)
When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and died. He was gathered to his people.