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href="../genesis/48.htm" title="Genesis 48">&#9668;</a> Genesis 49 <a href="../genesis/50.htm" title="Genesis 50">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/genesis/49.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters">&nbsp;Par&nbsp;&#9662;&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jacob Blesses His Sons</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Jacob called his sons and said, &#8220;Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.</p> <span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,</span><br /><span class="indent">listen to Israel your father.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Reuben, you are my firstborn,</span><br /><span class="indent">my might, and the firstfruits of my strength,</span><br /><span class="indent">preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,</span><br /><span class="indent">because you went up to your father&#8217;s bed;</span><br /><span class="indent">then you defiled it&#8212;he went up to my couch!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Simeon and Levi are brothers;</span><br /><span class="indent">weapons of violence are their swords.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let my soul come not into their council;</span><br /><span class="indent">O my glory, be not joined to their company.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For in their anger they killed men,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,</span><br /><span class="indent">and their wrath, for it is cruel!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will divide them in Jacob</span><br /><span class="indent">and scatter them in Israel.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Judah, your brothers shall praise you;</span><br /><span class="indent">your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;</span><br /><span class="indent">your father&#8217;s sons shall bow down before you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Judah is a lion&#8217;s cub;</span><br /><span class="indent">from the prey, my son, you have gone up.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">He stooped down; he crouched as a lion</span><br /><span class="indent">and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The scepter shall not depart from Judah,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor the ruler&#8217;s staff from between his feet,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">until tribute comes to him;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Binding his foal to the vine</span><br /><span class="indent">and his donkey&#8217;s colt to the choice vine,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he has washed his garments in wine</span><br /><span class="indent">and his vesture in the blood of grapes.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">His eyes are darker than wine,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his teeth whiter than milk.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea;</span><br /><span class="indent">he shall become a haven for ships,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his border shall be at Sidon.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Issachar is a strong donkey,</span><br /><span class="indent">crouching between the sheepfolds.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or between its saddlebags">b</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He saw that a resting place was good,</span><br /><span class="indent">and that the land was pleasant,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">so he bowed his shoulder to bear,</span><br /><span class="indent">and became a servant at forced labor.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Dan shall judge his people</span><br /><span class="indent">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><span class="ln-group">Dan shall be a serpent in the way,</span><br /><span class="indent">a viper by the path,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that bites the horse&#8217;s heels</span><br /><span class="indent">so that his rider falls backward.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I wait for your salvation, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Raiders shall raid Gad,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Gad sounds like the Hebrew for raiders and raid">c</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">but he shall raid at their heels.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Asher&#8217;s food shall be rich,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he shall yield royal delicacies.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Naphtali is a doe let loose</span><br /><span class="indent">that bears beautiful fawns.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or he gives beautiful words, or that bears fawns of the fold">d</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Joseph is a fruitful bough,</span><br /><span class="indent">a fruitful bough by a spring;</span><br /><span class="indent">his branches run over the wall.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall">e</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The archers bitterly attacked him,</span><br /><span class="indent">shot at him, and harassed him severely,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">yet his bow remained unmoved;</span><br /><span class="indent">his arms<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the arms of his hands">f</a></sup></span> were made agile</span><br /><span class="ln-group">by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob</span><br /><span class="indent">(from there is the Shepherd,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or by the name of the Shepherd">g</a></sup></span> the Stone of Israel),</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">by the God of your father who will help you,</span><br /><span class="indent">by the Almighty<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Shaddai">h</a></sup></span> who will bless you</span><br /><span class="indent">with blessings of heaven above,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,</span><br /><span class="indent">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><span class="ln-group">The blessings of your father</span><br /><span class="indent">are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,</span><br /><span class="indent">up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills">i</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">May they be on the head of Joseph,</span><br /><span class="indent">and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">&#8220;Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,</span><br /><span class="indent">in the morning devouring the prey</span><br /><span class="indent">and at evening dividing the spoil.&#8221;</span></p> <p class="heading">Jacob&#8217;s Death and Burial</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then he commanded them and said to them, &#8220;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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. <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&#8212; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/49-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) <i><span class="catch-word">until</span> he comes to whom it belongs</i>; Hebrew <i>until Shiloh comes</i>, or <i>until he comes to Shiloh</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">between</span> its saddlebags</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <i class="catch-word">Gad</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i class="catch-word">raiders</i> and <i>raid</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i>he gives beautiful words</i>, or <i><span class="catch-word">that bears</span> fawns of the fold</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">Joseph is a</span> wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Hebrew <i>the arms of his hands</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>by the name of the Shepherd</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Hebrew <i language="Hebrew">Shaddai</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) <i><span class="catch-word">the blessings of</span> the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition&reg; (2016).<br /><br />The ESV&reg; Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version&reg;) copyright &copy; 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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