Thematic Bible
Genesis 49:1 (show verse)
And Jacob called for his sons and said, "Come together, that I may tell you what shall happen you in the last days.
Genesis 49:2 (show verse)
Gather you together and hear ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father.
Genesis 49:3 (show verse)
"Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.
Genesis 49:4 (show verse)
As unstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therefore not be the chiefest, for thou wentest up upon thy father's bed, and then defiledest thou my couch with going up.
Genesis 49:5 (show verse)
The brethren Simeon and Levi, wicked instruments are their weapons.
Genesis 49:6 (show verse)
Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox.
Genesis 49:7 (show verse)
Cursed be their wrath for it was strong, and their fierceness for it was cruel. I will therefore divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Genesis 49:8 (show verse)
"Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee.
Genesis 49:9 (show verse)
Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up?
Genesis 49:10 (show verse)
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken.
Genesis 49:11 (show verse)
He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes:
Genesis 49:12 (show verse)
his eyes are roudier than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
Genesis 49:13 (show verse)
"Zebulon shall dwell in the haven of the sea and in the port of ships, and shall reach unto Sidon.
Genesis 49:14 (show verse)
Issachar is a strong ass, he couched him down between two borders,
Genesis 49:15 (show verse)
and saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant, and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Genesis 49:16 (show verse)
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Genesis 49:17 (show verse)
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, and an adder in the path, and bite the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Genesis 49:18 (show verse)
After thy saving look I, LORD.
Genesis 49:19 (show verse)
Gad, men of war shall invade him. And he shall turn them to flight.
Genesis 49:20 (show verse)
Of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall give pleasures for a king.
Genesis 49:21 (show verse)
Naphtali is a swift hind, and giveth goodly words.
Genesis 49:22 (show verse)
"That flourishing child, Joseph; that flourishing child, and goodly unto the eye! The daughters come forth to bear rule;
Genesis 49:23 (show verse)
The shooters have envied him and chide with him and hated him,
Genesis 49:24 (show verse)
and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel.
Genesis 49:25 (show verse)
Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Genesis 49:26 (show verse)
The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
Genesis 49:27 (show verse)
"Benjamin is a ravishing wolf. In the morning he shall devour his prey, and at night he shall divide his spoil."
Genesis 49:28 (show verse)
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father spake unto them when he blessed them, every man with a several blessing.
Genesis 49:29 (show verse)
And he charged them, and said unto them, "I shall be put unto my people: see that ye bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Genesis 49:30 (show verse)
in the double cave that is in the field before Mamre in the land of Canaan. Which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to bury in.
Genesis 49:31 (show verse)
There they buried Abraham and Sara his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife. And there I buried Lea:
Genesis 49:32 (show verse)
which field and the cave that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth."
Genesis 49:33 (show verse)
When Jacob had commanded all that he would unto his sons, he plucked up his feet upon the bed and died, and was put unto his people.