Dual Panel1Jacob <03290> called <07121> for his sons <01121> and said <0559>, “Gather together <0622> so I can tell <05046> you what <0834> will happen <07122> to you in the future <03117> <0319>.
2“Assemble <06908> and listen <08085>, you sons <01121> of Jacob <03290>; listen <08085> to <0413> Israel <03478>, your father <01>.
3Reuben <07205>, you <0859> are my firstborn <01060>, my might <03581> and the beginning <07225> of my strength <0202>, outstanding <03499> in dignity <07613>, outstanding <03499> in power <05794>.
4You are destructive <06349> like water <04325> and will not <0408> excel <03498>, for <03588> you got <05927> on your father’s <01> bed <04904>, then <0227> you defiled <02490> it– he got <05927> on my couch <03326>!
5Simeon <08095> and Levi <03878> are brothers <0251>, weapons <03627> of violence <02555> are their knives <04380>!
6O my soul <05315>, do not <0408> come <0935> into their council <05475>, do not <0408> be united <03161> to their assembly <06951>, my heart <03519>, for <03588> in their anger <0639> they have killed <02026> men <0376>, and for pleasure <07522> they have hamstrung <06131> oxen <07794>.
7Cursed <0779> be their anger <0639>, for <03588> it was fierce <05794>, and their fury <05678>, for <03588> it was cruel <07185>. I will divide <02505> them in Jacob <03290>, and scatter <06327> them in Israel <03478>!
8Judah <03063>, your brothers <0251> will praise <03034> you <0859>. Your hand <03027> will be on the neck <06203> of your enemies <0341>, your father’s <01> sons <01121> will bow down <07812> before you.
9You are a lion’s <0738> cub <01482>, Judah <03063>, from the prey <02964>, my son <01121>, you have gone up <05927>. He crouches <03766> and lies down <07257> like a lion <0738>; like a lioness <03833>– who <04310> will rouse <06965> him?
10The scepter <07626> will not <03808> depart <05493> from Judah <03063>, nor the ruler’s staff <02710> from between <0996> his feet <07272>, until <03588> <05704> he <07886> comes <0935> to whom it belongs; the nations <05971> will obey <03349> him.
11Binding <0631> his foal <05895> to the vine <01612>, and his colt <0860> <01121> to the choicest vine <08321>, he will wash <03526> his garments <03830> in wine <03196>, his robes <05497> in the blood <01818> of grapes <06025>.
12His eyes <05869> will be dark <02447> from wine <03196>, and his teeth <08127> white <03836> from milk <02461>.
13Zebulun <02074> will live <07931> by the haven <02348> of the sea <03220> and become a haven <02348> for ships <0591>; his border <03411> will extend to Sidon <06721>.
14Issachar <03485> is a strong-boned <01634> donkey <02543> lying down <07257> between <0996> two saddlebags <04942>.
15When <03588> he sees <07200> a good <02896> resting place <04496>, and the pleasant <05276> land <0776>, he will bend <05186> his shoulder <07926> to the burden and become <01961> a slave <05647> laborer <04522>.
16Dan <01835> will judge <01777> his people <05971> as one <0259> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>.
17May Dan <01835> be <01961> a snake <05175> beside <05921> the road <01870>, a viper <08207> by <05921> the path <0734>, that bites <05391> the heels <06119> of the horse <05483> so that its rider <07392> falls <05307> backward <0268>.
18I wait <06960> for your deliverance <03444>, O Lord <03068>.
19Gad <01410> will be raided <01464> by marauding bands <01416>, but he will attack <01464> them at their heels <06119>.
20Asher’s <0836> food <03899> will be rich <08082>, and he <01931> will provide <05414> delicacies <04574> to royalty <04428>.
21Naphtali <05321> is a free running <07971> doe <0355>, he speaks <05414> delightful <08233> words <0561>.
22Joseph <03130> is a fruitful <06509> bough <01121>, a fruitful <06509> bough <01121> near <05921> a spring <05869> whose branches <01323> climb <06805> over <05921> the wall <07791>.
23The archers <02671> <01167> will attack <04843> him, they will shoot <07232> at him and oppose <07852> him.
24But his bow <07198> will remain <03427> steady <0386>, and his hands <03027> <02220> will be skillful <06339>; because of the hands <03027> of the Mighty One <046> of Jacob <03290>, because <08033> of the Shepherd <07462>, the Rock <068> of Israel <03478>,
25because of the God <0410> of your father <01>, who will help <05826> you, because of the sovereign God <07706>, who will bless <01288> you with blessings <01293> from the sky <08064> above <05921>, blessings <01293> from the deep <08415> that lies <07257> below <08478>, and blessings <01293> of the breasts <07699> and womb <07356>.
26The blessings <01293> of your father <01> are greater than <01396> the blessings <01293> of the eternal <05704> mountains <02029> or the desirable things <08379> of the age-old <05769> hills <01389>. They will be <01961> on the head <07218> of Joseph <03130> and on the brow <06936> of the prince <05139> of his brothers <0251>.
27Benjamin <01144> is a ravenous <02963> wolf <02061>; in the morning <01242> devouring <0398> the prey <05706>, and in the evening <06153> dividing <02505> the plunder <07998>.”
28These <0428> are the twelve <06240> <08147> tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>. This <02063> is what <0834> their father <01> said <01696> to them when he blessed <01288> them. He gave <01288> each <0582> of them an appropriate blessing <01293>.
29Then he instructed <06680> them, “I <0589> am about to <0413> go <0622> to my people <05971>. Bury <06912> me with <0413> my fathers <01> in <0413> the cave <04631> in the field <07704> of Ephron <06085> the Hittite <02850>.
30It is the cave <04631> in the field <07704> of Machpelah <04375>, near <06440> Mamre <04471> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, which <0834> Abraham <085> bought <07069> for a burial <06913> plot <0272> from Ephron <06085> the Hittite <02850>.
31There <08033> they buried <06912> Abraham <085> and his wife <0802> Sarah <08283>; there <08033> they buried <06912> Isaac <03327> and his wife <0802> Rebekah <07259>; and there <08033> I buried <06912> Leah <03812>.
32The field <07704> and the cave <04631> in it were acquired <04735> from the sons <01121> of Heth <02845>.”
33When Jacob <03290> finished <03615> giving these instructions <06680> to his sons <01121>, he pulled <0622> his feet <07272> up onto <0413> the bed <04296>, breathed <01478> his last breath <01478>, and went <0622> to <0413> his people <05971>.