And Jacob{H3290} called{H7121}{(H8799)} unto his sons{H1121}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Gather yourselves together{H622}{(H8734)}, that I may tell{H5046}{(H8686)} you that which shall befall{H7122}{(H8799)} you in the last{H319} days{H3117}.

Gather yourselves together{H6908}{(H8734)}, and hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, ye sons{H1121} of Jacob{H3290}; and hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} unto Israel{H3478} your father{H1}.

Reuben{H7205}, thou art my firstborn{H1060}, my might{H3581}, and the beginning{H7225} of my strength{H202}, the excellency{H3499} of dignity{H7613}, and the excellency{H3499} of power{H5794}:

Unstable{H6349} as water{H4325}, thou shalt not excel{H3498}{(H8686)}; because thou wentest up{H5927}{(H8804)} to thy father's{H1} bed{H4904}; then defiledst thou{H2490}{(H8765)} it: he went up{H5927}{(H8804)} to my couch{H3326}.

Simeon{H8095} and Levi{H3878} are brethren{H251}; instruments{H3627} of cruelty{H2555} are in their habitations{H4380}.

O my soul{H5315}, come{H935}{(H8799)} not thou into their secret{H5475}; unto their assembly{H6951}, mine honour{H3519}, be not thou united{H3161}{(H8799)}: for in their anger{H639} they slew{H2026}{(H8804)} a man{H376}, and in their selfwill{H7522} they digged down{H6131}{(H8765)} a wall{H7794}.

Cursed{H779}{(H8803)} be their anger{H639}, for it was fierce{H5794}; and their wrath{H5678}, for it was cruel{H7185}{(H8804)}: I will divide{H2505}{(H8762)} them in Jacob{H3290}, and scatter{H6327}{(H8686)} them in Israel{H3478}.

Judah{H3063}, thou art he whom thy brethren{H251} shall praise{H3034}{(H8686)}: thy hand{H3027} shall be in the neck{H6203} of thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}; thy father's{H1} children{H1121} shall bow down{H7812}{(H8691)} before thee.

Judah{H3063} is a lion's{H738} whelp{H1482}: from the prey{H2964}, my son{H1121}, thou art gone up{H5927}{(H8804)}: he stooped down{H3766}{(H8804)}, he couched{H7257}{(H8804)} as a lion{H738}, and as an old lion{H3833}; who shall rouse him up{H6965}{(H8686)}?

The sceptre{H7626} shall not depart{H5493}{(H8799)} from Judah{H3063}, nor a lawgiver{H2710}{(H8781)} from between his feet{H7272}, until{H3588} Shiloh{H7886} come{H935}{(H8799)}; and unto him shall the gathering{H3349} of the people{H5971} be.

Binding{H631}{(H8802)} his foal{H5895} unto the vine{H1612}, and his ass's{H860} colt{H1121} unto the choice vine{H8321}; he washed{H3526}{(H8765)} his garments{H3830} in wine{H3196}, and his clothes{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}{(H8799)} at the haven{H2348} of the sea{H3220}; and he shall be for an haven{H2348} of ships{H591}; and his border{H3411} shall be unto Zidon{H6721}.

Issachar{H3485} is a strong{H1634} ass{H2543} couching down{H7257}{(H8802)} between two burdens{H4942}:

And he saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that rest{H4496} was good{H2896}, and the land{H776} that it was pleasant{H5276}{(H8804)}; and bowed{H5186}{(H8799)} his shoulder{H7926} to bear{H5445}{(H8800)}, and became a servant{H5647}{(H8802)} unto tribute{H4522}.

Dan{H1835} shall judge{H1777}{(H8799)} his people{H5971}, as one{H259} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}.

Dan{H1835} shall be a serpent{H5175} by the way{H1870}, an adder{H8207} in the path{H734}, that biteth{H5391}{(H8802)} the horse{H5483} heels{H6119}, so that his rider{H7392}{(H8802)} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} backward{H268}.

I have waited for{H6960}{(H8765)} thy salvation{H3444}, O LORD{H3068}.

Gad{H1410}, a troop{H1416} shall overcome{H1464}{(H8799)} him: but he shall overcome{H1464}{(H8799)} at the last{H6119}.

Out of Asher{H836} his bread{H3899} shall be fat{H8082}, and he shall yield{H5414}{(H8799)} royal{H4428} dainties{H4574}.

Naphtali{H5321} is a hind{H355} let loose{H7971}{(H8803)}: he giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} goodly{H8233} words{H561}.

Joseph{H3130} is a fruitful{H6509}{(H8802)} bough{H1121}, even a fruitful{H6509}{(H8802)} bough{H1121} by a well{H5869}; whose branches{H1323} run{H6805}{(H8804)} over the wall{H7791}:

The archers{H1167}{H2671} have sorely grieved him{H4843}{(H8762)}, and shot{H7232}{(H8804)} at him, and hated him{H7852}{(H8799)}:

But his bow{H7198} abode{H3427}{(H8799)} in strength{H386}, and the arms{H2220} of his hands{H3027} were made strong{H6339}{(H8799)} by the hands{H3027} of the mighty{H46} God of Jacob{H3290};(from thence is the shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)}, the stone{H68} of Israel{H3478}:)

Even by the God{H410} of thy father{H1}, who shall help{H5826}{(H8799)} thee; and by{H854} the Almighty{H7706}, who shall bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee with blessings{H1293} of heaven{H8064} above{H5920}, blessings{H1293} of the deep{H8415} that lieth{H7257}{(H8802)} under, blessings{H1293} of the breasts{H7699}, and of the womb{H7356}:

The blessings{H1293} of thy father{H1} have prevailed{H1396}{(H8804)} above the blessings{H1293} of my progenitors{H2029}{(H8802)} 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} shall ravin{H2963}{(H8799)} as a wolf{H2061}: in the morning{H1242} he shall devour{H398}{(H8799)} the prey{H5706}, and at night{H6153} he shall divide{H2505}{(H8762)} the spoil{H7998}.

All these are the twelve{H6240}{H8147} tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}: and this is it that their father{H1} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto them, and blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them; every{H834} one{H376} according to his blessing{H1293} he blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} them.

And he charged{H6680}{(H8762)} them, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, I am to be gathered{H622}{(H8737)} unto my people{H5971}: bury{H6912}{(H8798)} 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}{(H8804)} with the field{H7704} of Ephron{H6085} the Hittite{H2850} for a possession{H272} of a buryingplace{H6913}.

There they buried{H6912}{(H8804)} Abraham{H85} and Sarah{H8283} his wife{H802}; there they buried{H6912}{(H8804)} Isaac{H3327} and Rebekah{H7259} his wife{H802}; and there I buried{H6912}{(H8804)} Leah{H3812}.

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

And when Jacob{H3290} had made an end{H3615}{(H8762)} of commanding{H6680}{(H8763)} his sons{H1121}, he gathered up{H622}{(H8799)} his feet{H7272} into the bed{H4296}, and yielded up the ghost{H1478}{(H8799)}, and was gathered{H622}{(H8735)} unto his people{H5971}.