Genesis 49 NKJV

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class="text Gen-49-2">And listen to Israel your father.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Reuben, you are my firstborn,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-3">My might and the beginning of my strength,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-3">The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Unstable as water, you shall not excel,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-4">Because you went up to your father’s bed;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-4">Then you defiled <i>it</i>—</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-4">He went up to my couch.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Simeon and Levi <i>are</i> brothers;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-5">Instruments of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>cruelty <i>are in</i> their dwelling place.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Let not my soul enter their council;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-6">Let not my honor be united to their assembly;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-6">For in their anger they slew a man,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-6">And in their self-will they <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>hamstrung an ox.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Cursed <i>be</i> their anger, for <i>it is</i> fierce;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-7">And their wrath, for it is cruel!</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-7">I will divide them in Jacob</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-7">And scatter them in Israel.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Judah, you <i>are he</i> whom your brothers shall praise;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-8">Your hand <i>shall be</i> on the neck of your enemies;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-8">Your father’s children shall bow down before you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Judah <i>is</i> a lion’s whelp;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-9">From the prey, my son, you have gone up.</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-9">He <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>bows down, he lies down as a lion;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-9">And as a lion, who shall rouse him?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>scepter shall not depart from Judah,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-10">Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-10">Until Shiloh comes;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-10">And to Him <i>shall be</i> the obedience of the people.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Binding his donkey to the vine,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-11">And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-11">He washed his garments in wine,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-11">And his clothes in the blood of grapes.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His eyes <i>are</i> darker than wine,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-12">And his teeth whiter than milk.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-13">He <i>shall become</i> a haven for ships,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-13">And his border shall adjoin Sidon.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Issachar is a strong donkey,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-14">Lying down between two burdens;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He saw that rest <i>was</i> good,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-15">And that the land <i>was</i> pleasant;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-15">He bowed his shoulder to bear <i>a burden,</i></span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-15">And became a band of slaves.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Dan shall judge his people</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-16">As one of the tribes of Israel.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Dan shall be a serpent by the way,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-17">A viper by the path,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-17">That bites the horse’s heels</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-17">So that its rider shall fall backward.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I have waited for your salvation, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Gad,<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span> a troop shall <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>tramp upon him,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-19">But he shall triumph at last.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Bread from Asher <i>shall be</i> rich,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-20">And he shall yield royal dainties.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Naphtali <i>is</i> a deer let loose;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-21">He uses beautiful words.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Joseph <i>is</i> a fruitful bough,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-22">A fruitful bough by a well;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-22">His branches run over the wall.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The archers have bitterly grieved him,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-23">Shot <i>at him</i> and hated him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But his bow remained in strength,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-24">And the arms of his hands were <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>made strong</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-24">By the hands of the Mighty <i>God</i> of Jacob</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-24">(From there <i>is</i> the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>By the God of your father who will help you,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-25">And by the Almighty who will bless you</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-25"><i>With</i> blessings of heaven above,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-25">Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-25">Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The blessings of your father</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-26">Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-26">Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-26">They shall be on the head of Joseph,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-26">And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-27">In the morning he shall devour the prey,</span><br /><span class="text Gen-49-27">And at night he shall divide the spoil.”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>All these <i>are</i> the twelve tribes of Israel, and this <i>is</i> what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.</span></p> <h3> Jacob’s Death and Burial</span></h3><p><span class="text Gen-49-29"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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 <i>is</i> in the field of Ephron the Hittite, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>in the cave that <i>is</i> in the field of Machpelah, which <i>is</i> before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The field and the cave that <i>is</i> there <i>were</i> purchased from the sons of Heth.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-1479a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 49:5">Genesis 49:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>violence</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1480b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 49:6">Genesis 49:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>lamed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1483c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 49:9">Genesis 49:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>couches</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1484d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 49:10">Genesis 49:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>A symbol of kingship</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1493e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 49:19">Genesis 49:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Troop</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1493f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 49:19">Genesis 49:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>raid</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-1498g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Genesis 49:24">Genesis 49:24</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>supple</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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