Genesis 49

1 And he summoned Jacob sons his and he said gather yourselves so let me tell to you [that] which it will happen to you at [the] end of the days.

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days.

2 Assemble and listen O sons of Jacob and listen to Israel father your.

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

3 O Reuben [are] firstborn my you strength my and [the] beginning of manly vigor my excellence of dignity and excellence of power.

Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the first-fruits of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

4 Destructiveness like water may not you excel for you went up [the] bed of father your then you profaned [it] couch my he went up.

Unstable as water, have not thou the excellency; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it — he went up to my couch.

5 Simeon and Levi [are] brothers [are] weapons of violence swords their.

Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.

6 In council their may not it enter self my in assembly their may not it be united honor my for in anger their they slew a man and for pleasure their they hamstrung ox[en].

Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.

7 [be] cursed Anger their for fierce and wrath their for it is hard I will divide them in Jacob and I will scatter them in Israel.

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 O Judah you they will praise you brothers your hand your [will be] on [the] neck of enemies your they will bow down to you [the] sons of father your.

Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

9 [is] a cub of A lion Judah from prey O son my you have gone up he bows down he lies down like a lion and like a lion who? will he rouse him.

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 a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

10 Not it will depart a scepter from Judah and a ruler's staff from between feet his until that he will come (Shiloh *Qk) and [will belong] to him [the] obedience of peoples.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, as long as men come to Shiloh; and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

11 Binding to the vine (donkey his *Qk) and to the choice vine [the] young one of donkey his he will wash in wine clothing his and in [the] blood of grapes (robe his. *Qk)

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes;

12 Dark of eyes more than wine and white of teeth more than milk.

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

13 Zebulun to [the] coast of [the] seas he will dwell and he to a harbor of ships and side his [will be] at Sidon.

Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.

14 Issachar [is] a donkey of bone lying down between the two campfires.

Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.

15 And he saw a resting place that [it was] good and the land that it was pleasant and he bent down shoulder his to carry a load and he became forced labor of laboring.

For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work

16 Dan he will judge people his like one of [the] tribes of Israel.

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 May he be Dan a snake on a road a viper on a path the [one which] bites [the] heels of a horse and he fell rider its backwards.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward.

18 For deliverance your I wait eagerly O Yahweh.

I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.

19 Gad a marauding band it will attack him and he he will attack a heel.

Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.

20 From Asher [will be] rich food his and he he will provide delicacies of a king.

As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21 Naphtali [is] a doe let loose the [one which] utters words of beauty.

Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

22 [is] a son of A fruit-bearer Joseph a son of a fruit-bearer at a spring daughters she will climb over a wall.

Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.

23 And they showed bitterness to him and they shot and they bear a grudge him masters of arrows.

The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;

24 And it remained in permanence bow his and they were agile [the] arms of hands his from [the] hands of [the] mighty one of Jacob [is] from there [the] shepherd [the] stone of Israel.

But his bow abode firm, and the arms of his hands were made supple, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from thence, from the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,

25 From [the] God of father your and he will help you and Almighty and he will bless you blessings of heaven above blessings of [the] deep [which] lies beneath blessings of breasts and womb.

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 coucheth beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

26 [the] blessings of Father your they have prevailed over [the] blessings of [the men who] conceived me to desire of hills of antiquity may they be[long] to [the] head of Joseph and to the scalp [the] prince of brothers his.

The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond 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 the prince among his brethren.

27 Benjamin [is] a wolf [which] it tears to pieces in the morning he consumes booty and to the evening he divides plunder.

Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'

28 All these [are] [the] tribes of Israel two plus ten and this [is that] which he spoke to them father their and he blessed them everyone whom according to blessing his he blessed them.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

29 And he commanded them and he said to them I [am] about to be gathered to people my bury me with fathers my into the cave which [is] in [the] field of Ephron the Hittite.

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,

30 In the cave which [is] in [the] field of Machpelah which [is] on [the] face of Mamre in [the] land of Canaan which he bought Abraham the field from with Ephron the Hittite to a possession of a 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 from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.

31 There people buried Abraham and Sarah wife his there people buried Isaac and Rebekah wife his 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.

32 [the] livestock of The field and the cave which [is] in it from with [the] sons of Heth.

The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.'

33 And he finished Jacob to command sons his and he gathered feet his into the bed and he expired and he was gathered to peoples his.

And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.