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Israel's
Prophecy concerning His Sons |
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Genesis 49:1
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Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, "Assemble
yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you in the days to come. |
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Genesis 49:2
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"Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;
And listen to Israel your father. |
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Genesis 49:3
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"Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and
the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. |
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Genesis 49:4
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"Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence,
Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it--he went up to my
couch. |
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Genesis 49:5
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"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords
are implements of violence. |
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Genesis 49:6
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"Let my soul not enter into their council; Let
not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they slew men,
And in their self-will they lamed oxen. |
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Genesis 49:7
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"Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And
their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them
in Israel. |
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Genesis 49:8
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"Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your
hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's sons shall bow down to
you. |
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Genesis 49:9
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"Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my
son, you have gone up. He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who
dares rouse him up? |
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Genesis 49:10
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"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor
the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall
be the obedience of the peoples. |
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Genesis 49:11
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"He ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey's
colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the
blood of grapes. |
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Genesis 49:12
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"His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth
white from milk. |
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Genesis 49:13
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"Zebulun will dwell at the seashore; And he
shall be a haven for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon. |
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Genesis 49:14
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"Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between
the sheepfolds. |
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Genesis 49:15
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"When he saw that a resting place was good And
that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, And became
a slave at forced labor. |
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Genesis 49:16
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"Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes
of Israel. |
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Genesis 49:17
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"Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned
snake in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward.
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Genesis 49:18
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"For Your salvation I wait, O LORD. |
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Genesis 49:19
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"As for Gad, raiders shall raid him, But he
will raid at their heels. |
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Genesis 49:20
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"As for Asher, his food shall be rich, And he
will yield royal dainties. |
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Genesis 49:21
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"Naphtali is a doe let loose, He gives beautiful
words. |
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Genesis 49:22
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"Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough
by a spring; Its branches run over a wall. |
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Genesis 49:23
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"The archers bitterly attacked him, And shot
at him and harassed him; |
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Genesis 49:24
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But his bow remained firm, And his arms were
agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd,
the Stone of Israel), |
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Genesis 49:25
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From the God of your father who helps you, And
by the Almighty who blesses you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the
deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb. |
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Genesis 49:26
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"The blessings of your father Have surpassed
the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills;
May they be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished
among his brothers. |
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Genesis 49:27
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"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning
he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil." |
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Genesis 49:28
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and
this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them,
every one with the blessing appropriate to him. |
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Genesis 49:29
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Then he charged them and said to them, "I am
about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is
in the field of Ephron the Hittite, |
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Genesis 49:30
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in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah,
which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with
the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site. |
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Genesis 49:31
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"There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah,
there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah-- |
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Genesis 49:32
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the field and the cave that is in it, purchased
from the sons of Heth." |
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Genesis 49:33
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When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew
his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. |
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