Then Jacob ... called for his sons and said , “ Gather around so that I can tell what will happen to you in the days to come :
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Come together and listen , O sons of Jacob ; listen to your father Israel.
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Reuben , you are my firstborn , my might , and the beginning of my strength , excelling in honor , excelling in power.
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Uncontrolled as the waters , you will no longer excel , because you went up to your father’s bed , onto my couch , and defiled it.
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Simeon and Levi are brothers ; their swords are weapons of violence.
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May I never enter their council ; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger , and hamstring oxen on a whim.
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Cursed (be) their anger , for it is strong , and their wrath , for it is cruel ! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
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Judah , ... your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies ; your father’s sons shall bow down
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Judah is a young lion — my son , you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches (and) lies down ; like a lioness , who dares to rouse him ?
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The scepter will not depart from Judah , nor the staff from between his feet , until ... Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations
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He ties his donkey to the vine , his colt ... to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine , his robes in the blood of grapes.
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His eyes are darker than wine , and his teeth are whiter than milk.
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Zebulun shall dwell ... by the seashore ... and become a harbor for ships ; his border shall extend to Sidon.
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Issachar (is) a strong donkey , lying down between the sheepfolds.
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He saw that his resting place was good - and that his land was pleasant , so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
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Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
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He will be a snake by the road , a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
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I await Your salvation , O LORD.
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Gad will be attacked by raiders , but he will attack their heels.
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Asher’s food will be rich ; he shall provide royal delicacies.
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Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
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Joseph is a fruitful vine — a fruitful vine by a spring , whose branches scale ... the wall.
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The archers ... attacked him with bitterness ; they aimed at him in hostility.
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Yet he steadied ... his bow , and his strong arms ... were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob , in the name of the Shepherd , the Rock of Israel ,
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by the God of your father who helps you , - and by the Almighty who blesses you , with blessings of the heavens above , with blessings of the depths vvv below , with blessings of the breasts and womb.
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The blessings of your father have surpassed ... the blessings of the ancient mountains ... and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph , on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
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Benjamin is a ravenous wolf ... ; in the morning he devours the prey , in the evening he divides the plunder. ”
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These are the tribes of Israel , twelve ... in all , and this was what their father said He blessed them , - - and he blessed each one - with a suitable blessing.
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Then (Jacob) instructed them , - - “ I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers ... in the cave - in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
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The cave is in the field of Machpelah - near ... Mamre , in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham - purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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- There Abraham - and his wife Sarah are buried , there Isaac - and his wife Rebekah are buried , - and there I buried - Leah.
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The field and the cave that is ... were purchased from the Hittites .... ”
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When Jacob had finished instructing - his sons , he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last , and he was gathered to his people.
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