And Jacob{H3290} called{H7121} unto his sons,{H1121} and said:{H559} Gather yourselves together,{H622} that I may tell{H5046} you that which shall befall{H7122} you in the latter{H319} days.{H3117}

Assemble yourselves,{H6908} and hear,{H8085} ye sons{H1121} of Jacob;{H3290} And hearken{H8085} unto Israel{H3478} your father.{H1}

Reuben,{H7205} thou art my first-born,{H1060} my might,{H3581} and the beginning{H7225} of my strength;{H202} The pre-eminence{H3499} of dignity,{H7613} and the pre-eminence{H3499} of power.{H5794}

Boiling{H6349} over as water,{H4325} thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;{H3498} Because thou wentest up{H5927} to thy father's{H1} bed;{H4904} Then defiledst thou{H2490} it: he went up{H5927} to my couch.{H3326}

Simeon{H8095} and Levi{H3878} are brethren;{H251} Weapons{H3627} of violence{H2555} are their swords.{H4380}

O my soul,{H5315} come{H935} not thou into their council;{H5475} Unto their assembly,{H6951} my glory,{H3519} be not thou united;{H3161} For in their anger{H639} they slew{H2026} a man,{H376} And in their self-will{H7522} they hocked{H6131} [ an ox.]{H7794}

Cursed{H779} be their anger,{H639} for it was fierce;{H5794} And their wrath,{H5678} for it was cruel:{H7185} I will divide{H2505} them in Jacob,{H3290} And scatter{H6327} them in Israel.{H3478}

Judah,{H3063} thee shall thy brethren{H251} praise:{H3034} Thy hand{H3027} shall be on the neck{H6203} of thine enemies;{H341} Thy father's{H1} sons{H1121} shall bow down{H7812} before thee.

Judah{H3063} is a lion's{H738} whelp;{H1482} From the prey,{H2964} my son,{H1121} thou art gone up:{H5927} He stooped down,{H3766} he couched{H7257} as a lion,{H3833} And as a lioness;{H3833} who shall rouse him up?{H6965}

The sceptre{H7626} shall not depart{H5493} from Judah,{H3063} Nor the ruler's{H2710} staff from between his feet,{H7272} Until{H3588} Shiloh{H7886} come;{H935} And unto him shall the obedience{H3349} of the peoples{H5971} be.

Binding{H631} his foal{H5895} unto the vine,{H1612} And his ass's{H860} colt{H1121} unto the choice vine;{H8321} He hath washed{H3526} his garments{H3830} in wine,{H3196} And his vesture{H5497} in the blood{H1818} of grapes:{H6025}

His eyes{H5869} shall be red{H2447} with wine,{H3196} And his teeth{H8127} white{H3836} with milk.{H2461}

Zebulun{H2074} shall dwell{H7931} at the haven{H2348} of the sea;{H3220} And he shall be for a haven{H2348} of ships;{H591} And his border{H3411} shall be upon Sidon.{H6721}

Issachar{H3485} is a strong{H1634} ass,{H2543} Couching down{H7257} between the sheepfolds:{H4942}

And he saw{H7200} a resting-place{H4496} that it was good,{H2896} And the land{H776} that it was pleasant;{H5276} And he bowed{H5186} his shoulder{H7926} to bear,{H5445} And became a servant{H5647} under taskwork.{H4522}

Dan{H1835} shall judge{H1777} his people,{H5971} As one{H259} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel.{H3478}

Dan{H1835} shall be a serpent{H5175} in the way,{H1870} An adder{H8207} in the path,{H734} That biteth{H5391} the horse's{H5483} heels,{H6119} So that his rider{H7392} falleth{H5307} backward.{H268}

I have waited for{H6960} thy salvation,{H3444} O Jehovah.{H3068}

Gad,{H1410} a troop{H1416} shall press{H1464} upon him; But he shall press{H1464} upon their heel.{H6119}

Out of Asher{H836} his bread{H3899} shall be fat,{H8082} And he shall yield{H5414} royal{H4428} dainties.{H4574}

Naphtali{H5321} is a hind{H355} let loose:{H7971} He giveth{H5414} goodly{H8233} words.{H561}

Joseph{H3130} is a fruitful{H6509} bough,{H1121} A fruitful{H6509} bough{H1121} by a fountain;{H5869} His branches{H1323} run{H6805} over the wall.{H7791}

The archers{H1167} have sorely grieved him,{H4843} And shot{H7232} at him, and persecuted him:{H7852}

But his bow{H7198} abode{H3427} in strength,{H386} And the arms{H2220} of his hands{H3027} were made strong,{H6339} By the hands{H3027} of the Mighty{H46} One of Jacob{H3290} (From thence is the shepherd,{H7462} the stone{H68} of Israel),{H3478}

Even by the God{H410} of thy father,{H1} who shall help{H5826} thee, And by{H854} the Almighty,{H7706} who shall bless{H1288} thee, With blessings{H1293} of heaven{H8064} above,{H5920} Blessings{H1293} of the deep{H8415} that coucheth{H7257} beneath, Blessings{H1293} of the breasts,{H7699} and of the womb.{H7356}

The blessings{H1293} of thy father{H1} Have prevailed{H1396} above the blessings{H1293} of my progenitors{H2029} Unto the utmost bound{H8379} of the everlasting{H5769} hills:{H1389} They shall be on the head{H7218} of Joseph,{H3130} And on the crown of the head{H6936} of him that was separate{H5139} from his brethren.{H251}

Benjamin{H1144} is a wolf{H2061} that raveneth:{H2963} In the morning{H1242} he shall devour{H398} the prey,{H5706} And at even{H6153} he shall divide{H2505} the spoil.{H7998}

All these are the twelve{H6240} tribes{H7626} of Israel:{H3478} and this is it that their father{H1} spake{H1696} unto them and blessed{H1288} them; every{H834} one{H376} according to his blessing{H1293} he blessed{H1288} them.

And he charged{H6680} them, and said{H559} unto them, I am to be gathered{H622} unto my people:{H5971} bury{H6912} me with my fathers{H1} in the cave{H4631} that is in the field{H7704} of Ephron{H6085} the Hittite,{H2850}

in the cave{H4631} that is in the field{H7704} of Machpelah,{H4375} which is before{H6440} Mamre,{H4471} in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} which Abraham{H85} bought{H7069} with the field{H7704} from Ephron{H6085} the Hittite{H2850} for a possession{H272} of a burying-place.{H6913}

There they buried{H6912} Abraham{H85} and Sarah{H8283} his wife;{H802} there they buried{H6912} Isaac{H3327} and Rebekah{H7259} his wife;{H802} and there I buried{H6912} Leah—{H3812}

the field{H7704} and the cave{H4631} that is therein, which was purchased{H4735} from the children{H1121} of Heth.{H2845}

And when Jacob{H3290} made an end{H3615} of charging{H6680} his sons,{H1121} he gathered up{H622} his feet{H7272} into the bed,{H4296} and yielded up the ghost,{H1478} and was gathered{H622} unto his people.{H5971}