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Genesis 49

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Jacob Blesses His Sons
49
* 1 Jacob called his sons together and said:

My sons, I am Jacob,
your father Israel.
49 Chapter recording
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1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Come, gather around,
as I tell your future.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

3 Reuben, you are my oldest,
born at the peak of my powers;
you were an honored leader.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4 Uncontrollable as a flood,
you slept with my wife
and disgraced my bed.
And so you no longer deserve
the place of honor.
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
thou shalt...: Heb. do not thou excel
he went...: or, my couch is gone

5 Simeon and Levi,
you are brothers,
each a gruesome sword.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
instruments...: or, their swords are weapons of violence
6 I never want to take part
in your plans or deeds.
You slaughtered people
in your anger,
and you crippled cattle
for no reason.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
digged...: or, houghed or lamed oxen
7 Now I place a curse on you
because of
your fierce anger.
Your descendants
will be scattered
among the tribes of Israel.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

8 Judah, you will be praised
by your brothers;
they will bow down to you,
as you defeat your enemies.
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9 My son, you are a lion
49.9 Nu 24.9; Rev 5.5.
ready to eat your victim!
You are terribly fierce;
no one will bother you.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 You will have power and rule
until nations obey you
h 49.10 until ... you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
and come bringing gifts.
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 You will tie your donkey
to a choice grapevine
and wash your clothes
in wine from those grapes.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 Your eyes are darker than wine,
your teeth whiter than milk.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

13 Zebulun, you will settle
along the seashore
and provide safe harbors
as far north as Sidon.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

14 Issachar, you are a strong donkey
resting in the meadows.
i 49.14 resting ... meadows: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 You found them so pleasant
that you worked too hard
and became a slave.
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

16 Dan,
j 49.16 Dan: In Hebrew “Dan” means “justice” or “judgment.”
you are the tribe
that will bring justice
to Israel.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 You are a snake that bites
the heel of a horse,
making its rider fall.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake

18 Our Lord, I am waiting
for you to save us.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

19 Gad,
k 49.19 Gad: In Hebrew “Gad” sounds like “attack.”
you will be attacked,
then attack your attackers.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

20 Asher, you will eat food
fancy enough for a king.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21 Naphtali, you are a wild deer
with lovely fawns.
l 49.21 with lovely fawns: Or “speaking lovely words.”
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

22 Joseph, you are a fruitful vine
growing near a stream
and climbing a wall.
m 49.22 wall: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
branches: Heb. daughters
23 Enemies attacked with arrows,
refusing to show mercy.
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But you stood your ground,
swiftly shooting back
with the help of Jacob's God,
the All-Powerful One—
his name is the Shepherd,
Israel's mighty rock.
n 49.24 mighty rock: The Hebrew text has “rock,” which is sometimes used in poetry to compare the Lord to a mountain where his people can run for protection from their enemies.
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Your help came from the God
your father worshiped,
from God All-Powerful.
God will bless you with rain
and streams from the earth;
he will bless you
with many descendants.
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 My son, the blessings I give
are better than the promise
of ancient mountains
or eternal hills.
o 49.26 eternal hills: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Joseph, I pray these blessings
will come to you,
because you are the leader
of your brothers.
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

27 Benjamin, you are a fierce wolf,
destroying your enemies
morning and evening.
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is how Jacob gave each of them their proper blessings.
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Jacob's Death
29-31 Jacob told his sons:
49.29-31 a Gn 23.3-20; b Gn 25.9,10; c Gn 35.28,29.
Soon I will die, and I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave. Abraham bought this cave as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, and it is near the town of Mamre in Canaan. Abraham and Sarah are buried there, and so are Isaac and Rebekah. I buried Leah there too.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
32 Both the cave and the land that goes with it were bought from the Hittites. 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
33 When Jacob had finished giving these instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed and died.
49.33 Ac 7.15.
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

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