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Verse 1

And Jacob called to his sons and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days.

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

Verse 2

Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.

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

Verse 3

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Verse 4

Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it: he went up to my couch.

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Verse 5

Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their dwellings.

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

Verse 6

O my soul, do not come into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, do not be united: for in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they tore down a wall.

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

Verse 7

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.

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.

Verse 8

Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

Verse 9

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, you have gone up: he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

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 an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Verse 10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Verse 11

Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes.

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

Verse 12

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

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

Verse 13

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be a haven for ships; and his border shall be to Zidon.

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

Verse 14

Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between two burdens.

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Verse 15

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Verse 16

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

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

Verse 17

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a viper in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Verse 18

I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Verse 19

Gad, a troop shall overcome him, but he shall overcome at the last.

Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

Verse 20

Out of Asher his bread shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies.

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Verse 21

Naphtali is a deer let loose: he gives goodly words.

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

Verse 22

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Verse 23

The archers have severely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him.

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

Verse 24

But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel.)

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Verse 25

By the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the 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 lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Verse 26

The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above 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 him that was separate from his brethren.

Verse 27

Benjamin shall ravage as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Verse 28

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

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

Verse 29

And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that 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,

Verse 30

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 of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.

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 of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

Verse 31

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; 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.

Verse 32

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

Verse 33

And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

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