1And Jacob3290 called7121 unto his sons1121, and said559, Gather yourselves together622, that I may tell5046 you that which shall befall7122 you in the last319 days3117.
2Gather yourselves together6908, and hear8085, ye sons1121 of Jacob3290; and hearken8085 unto Israel3478 your father1.
3Reuben7205, thou art my firstborn1060, my might3581, and the beginning7225 of my strength202, the excellency3499 of dignity7613, and the excellency3499 of power5794:
4Unstable6349 as water4325, thou shalt not excel3498; because thou wentest up5927 to thy father's1 bed4904; then defiledst thou2490 it: he went up5927 to my couch3326.
5Simeon8095 and Levi3878 are brethren251; instruments3627 of cruelty2555 are in their habitations4380.
6O my soul5315, come935 not thou into their secret5475; unto their assembly6951, mine honour3519, be not thou united3161: for in their anger639 they slew2026 a man376, and in their selfwill7522 they digged down6131 a wall7794.
7Cursed779 be their anger639, for it was fierce5794; and their wrath5678, for it was cruel7185: I will divide2505 them in Jacob3290, and scatter6327 them in Israel3478.
8Judah3063, thou art he whom thy brethren251 shall praise3034: thy hand3027 shall be in the neck6203 of thine enemies341; thy father's1 children1121 shall bow down7812 before thee.
9Judah3063 is a lion's738 whelp1482: from the prey2964, my son1121, thou art gone up5927: he stooped down3766, he couched7257 as a lion738, and as an old lion3833; who shall rouse him up6965?
10The sceptre7626 shall not depart5493 from Judah3063, nor a lawgiver2710 from between his feet7272, until3588 Shiloh7886 come935; and unto him shall the gathering3349 of the people5971 be.
11Binding631 his foal5895 unto the vine1612, and his ass's860 colt1121 unto the choice vine8321; he washed3526 his garments3830 in wine3196, and his clothes5497 in the blood1818 of grapes6025:
12His eyes5869 shall be red2447 with wine3196, and his teeth8127 white3836 with milk2461.
13Zebulun2074 shall dwell7931 at the haven2348 of the sea3220; and he shall be for an haven2348 of ships591; and his border3411 shall be unto Zidon6721.
14Issachar3485 is a strong1634 ass2543 couching down7257 between two burdens4942:
15And he saw7200 that rest4496 was good2896, and the land776 that it was pleasant5276; and bowed5186 his shoulder7926 to bear5445, and became a servant5647 unto tribute4522.
16Dan1835 shall judge1777 his people5971, as one259 of the tribes7626 of Israel3478.
17Dan1835 shall be a serpent5175 by the way1870, an adder8207 in the path734, that biteth5391 the horse5483 heels6119, so that his rider7392 shall fall5307 backward268.
18I have waited for6960 thy salvation3444, O LORD3068.
19Gad1410, a troop1416 shall overcome1464 him: but he shall overcome1464 at the last6119.
20Out of Asher836 his bread3899 shall be fat8082, and he shall yield5414 royal4428 dainties4574.
21Naphtali5321 is a hind355 let loose7971: he giveth5414 goodly8233 words561.
22Joseph3130 is a fruitful6509 bough1121, even a fruitful6509 bough1121 by a well5869; whose branches1323 run6805 over the wall7791:
23The archers1167 2671 have sorely grieved him4843, and shot7232 at him, and hated him7852:
24But his bow7198 abode3427 in strength386, and the arms2220 of his hands3027 were made strong6339 by the hands3027 of the mighty46 God of Jacob3290; (from thence is the shepherd7462, the stone68 of Israel3478:)
25Even by the God410 of thy father1, who shall help5826 thee; and by854 the Almighty7706, who shall bless1288 thee with blessings1293 of heaven8064 above5920, blessings1293 of the deep8415 that lieth7257 under, blessings1293 of the breasts7699, and of the womb7356:
26The blessings1293 of thy father1 have prevailed1396 above the blessings1293 of my progenitors2029 unto the utmost bound8379 of the everlasting5769 hills1389: they shall be on the head7218 of Joseph3130, and on the crown of the head6936 of him that was separate5139 from his brethren251.
27Benjamin1144 shall ravin2963 as a wolf2061: in the morning1242 he shall devour398 the prey5706, and at night6153 he shall divide2505 the spoil7998.
28All these are the twelve6240 8147 tribes7626 of Israel3478: and this is it that their father1 spake1696 unto them, and blessed1288 them; every834 one376 according to his blessing1293 he blessed1288 them.
29And he charged6680 them, and said559 unto them, I am to be gathered622 unto my people5971: bury6912 me with my fathers1 in the cave4631 that is in the field7704 of Ephron6085 the Hittite2850,
30In the cave4631 that is in the field7704 of Machpelah4375, which is before6440 Mamre4471, in the land776 of Canaan3667, which Abraham85 bought7069 with the field7704 of Ephron6085 the Hittite2850 for a possession272 of a buryingplace6913.
31There they buried6912 Abraham85 and Sarah8283 his wife802; there they buried6912 Isaac3327 and Rebekah7259 his wife802; and there I buried6912 Leah3812.
32The purchase4735 of the field7704 and of the cave4631 that is therein was from the children1121 of Heth2845.
33And when Jacob3290 had made an end3615 of commanding6680 his sons1121, he gathered up622 his feet7272 into the bed4296, and yielded up the ghost1478, and was gathered622 unto his people5971.