Read Genesis 49

World English Bible · 33 verses

1. ¹ Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. ²⁵ even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. ²⁷ “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
28. ²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
29. ²⁹ He instructed 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,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
30. 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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
31. ³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
32. ³² the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
33. ³³ When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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