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Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, “Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, “Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.
Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
“Come and listen, you sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel, your father.
listen to Israel, your father.
“Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob,
And listen to Israel your father.
And listen to Israel your father.
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength,
the child of my vigorous youth.
You are first in rank and first in power.
the child of my vigorous youth.
You are first in rank and first in power.
“Reuben, you are my firstborn,
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
But you are as unruly as a flood,
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.
Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it —
He went up to my couch.
Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it —
He went up to my couch.
“Simeon and Levi are two of a kind;
their weapons are instruments of violence.
their weapons are instruments of violence.
May I never join in their meetings;
may I never be a party to their plans.
For in their anger they murdered men,
and they crippled oxen just for sport.
may I never be a party to their plans.
For in their anger they murdered men,
and they crippled oxen just for sport.
A curse on their anger, for it is fierce;
a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob;
I will disperse them throughout Israel.
a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob;
I will disperse them throughout Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
“Judah, your brothers will praise you.
You will grasp your enemies by the neck.
All your relatives will bow before you.
You will grasp your enemies by the neck.
All your relatives will bow before you.
“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s children shall bow down before you.
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s children shall bow down before you.
Judah, my son, is a young lion
that has finished eating its prey.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down;
like a lioness — who dares to rouse him?
that has finished eating its prey.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down;
like a lioness — who dares to rouse him?
He ties his foal to a grapevine,
the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
Binding his donkey to the vine,
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
He washed his garments in wine,
And his clothes in the blood of grapes.
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
He washed his garments in wine,
And his clothes in the blood of grapes.
His eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth are whiter than milk.
and his teeth are whiter than milk.
His eyes are darker than wine,
And his teeth whiter than milk.
And his teeth whiter than milk.
“Zebulun will settle by the seashore
and will be a harbor for ships;
his borders will extend to Sidon.
and will be a harbor for ships;
his borders will extend to Sidon.
“Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea;
He shall become a haven for ships,
And his border shall adjoin Sidon.
He shall become a haven for ships,
And his border shall adjoin Sidon.
“Issachar is a strong donkey,
Lying down between two burdens;
Lying down between two burdens;
When he sees how good the countryside is
and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
and submit himself to hard labor.
and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
and submit himself to hard labor.
He saw that rest was good,
And that the land was pleasant;
He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden,
And became a band of slaves.
And that the land was pleasant;
He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden,
And became a band of slaves.
“Dan will govern his people,
like any other tribe in Israel.
like any other tribe in Israel.
“Dan shall judge his people
As one of the tribes of Israel.
As one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan will be a snake beside the road,
a poisonous viper along the path
that bites the horse’s hooves
so its rider is thrown off.
a poisonous viper along the path
that bites the horse’s hooves
so its rider is thrown off.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way,
A viper by the path,
That bites the horse’s heels
So that its rider shall fall backward.
A viper by the path,
That bites the horse’s heels
So that its rider shall fall backward.
“Gad will be attacked by marauding bands,
but he will attack them when they retreat.
but he will attack them when they retreat.
“Asher will dine on rich foods
and produce food fit for kings.
and produce food fit for kings.
“Bread from Asher shall be rich,
And he shall yield royal dainties.
And he shall yield royal dainties.
“Naphtali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns.
that bears beautiful fawns.
“Naphtali is a deer let loose;
He uses beautiful words.
He uses beautiful words.
“Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a well;
His branches run over the wall.
A fruitful bough by a well;
His branches run over the wall.
Archers attacked him savagely;
they shot at him and harassed him.
they shot at him and harassed him.
The archers have bitterly grieved him,
Shot at him and hated him.
Shot at him and hated him.
But his bow remained taut,
and his arms were strengthened
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
and his arms were strengthened
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
May the God of your father help you;
may the Almighty bless you
with the blessings of the heavens above,
and blessings of the watery depths below,
and blessings of the breasts and womb.
may the Almighty bless you
with the blessings of the heavens above,
and blessings of the watery depths below,
and blessings of the breasts and womb.
By the God of your father who will help you,
And by the Almighty who will bless you
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
And by the Almighty who will bless you
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
devouring his enemies in the morning
and dividing his plunder in the evening.”
devouring his enemies in the morning
and dividing his plunder in the evening.”
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
And at night he shall divide the spoil.”
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
And at night he shall divide the spoil.”
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.
Jacob’s Death and Burial
Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Jacob’s Death and Burial
Then he charged them and said to them: “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Then he charged them and said to them: “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. There Isaac and his wife, Rebekah, are buried. And there I buried Leah.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.
It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”
The field and the cave that is there were purchased from the sons of Heth.”