Genesis 49
1 and to call: call to Jacob to(wards) son: child his and to say to gather and to tell to/for you [obj] which to encounter: chanced [obj] you in/on/with end [the] day
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 to gather and to hear: hear son: child Jacob and to hear: hear to(wards) Israel father your
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 Reuben firstborn my you(m. s.) strength my and first: beginning strength my remainder elevation and remainder strong
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 recklessness like/as water not to remain for to ascend: rise bed father your then to profane/begin: profane bed my to ascend: rise
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 brother: male-sibling article/utensil violence sword their
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.
6 in/on/with counsel their not to come (in): come soul my in/on/with assembly their not be joined glory my for in/on/with face: anger their to kill man and in/on/with acceptance their to hamstring cattle
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 to curse face: anger their for strong and fury their for to harden to divide them in/on/with Jacob and to scatter them in/on/with 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 Judah you(m. s.) to give thanks you brother: male-sibling your hand your in/on/with neck enemy your to bow to/for you son: child 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 whelp lion Judah from prey son: child my to ascend: rise to bow to stretch like/as lion and like/as lion who? to arise: rise 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 to turn aside: depart tribe: staff from Judah and to decree from between foot his till for to come (in): come (`tribute` *Qk) and to/for him obedience people
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 to bind to/for vine (colt his *Qk) and to/for vine son: young animal she-ass his to wash in/on/with wine clothing his and in/on/with blood grape (vesture 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 dull eye from wine and white tooth from milk
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zebulun to/for coast sea to dwell and he/she/it to/for coast fleet and flank his upon 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 donkey bone to stretch between [the] sheepfold
Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.
15 and to see: see resting for pleasant and [obj] [the] land: country/planet for be pleasant and to stretch shoulder his to/for to bear and to be to/for taskworker to serve
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 to judge people his like/as one tribe Israel
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 to be Dan serpent upon way: journey horned viper upon way [the] to bite heel horse and to fall: fall to ride his back
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 to/for salvation your to await LORD
I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.
19 Gad band to raid him and he/she/it to raid heel
Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.
20 from Asher rich food his and he/she/it to give: give delicacy king
As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali doe to send: let go [the] to give: give word beauty
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 son: young animal be fruitful Joseph son: young animal be fruitful upon spring daughter to march upon wall
Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.
23 and to provoke him and to multiply ten thousand and to hate him master: [master of] arrow
The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;
24 and to dwell in/on/with strong bow his and be agile arm hand his from hand mighty Jacob from there to pasture stone 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 God father your and to help you and [obj] Almighty and to bless you blessing heaven from upon blessing abyss to stretch underneath: under blessing breast 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 blessing father your to prevail upon blessing to conceive me till boundary hill forever: enduring to be to/for head Joseph and to/for crown Nazirite brother: male-sibling 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 wolf to tear in/on/with morning to eat prey and to/for evening to divide spoil
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'
28 all these tribe Israel two ten and this which to speak: speak to/for them father their and to bless [obj] them man: anyone which like/as blessing his to bless [obj] 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 to command [obj] them and to say to(wards) them I to gather to(wards) kinsman my to bury [obj] me to(wards) father my to(wards) [the] cave which in/on/with land: country 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/on/with cave which in/on/with land: country [the] Machpelah which upon face: east Mamre in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan which to buy Abraham [obj] [the] land: country from with Ephron [the] Hittite to/for possession grave
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 [to] to bury [obj] Abraham and [obj] Sarah woman: wife his there [to] to bury [obj] Isaac and [obj] Rebekah woman: wife his and there [to] to bury [obj] Leah
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 livestock [the] land: country and [the] cave which in/on/with him from with son: descendant/people Heth
The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.'
33 and to end: finish Jacob to/for to command [obj] son: child his and to gather foot his to(wards) [the] bed and to die and to gather to(wards) kinsman 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.
