Genesis 49 : 1 (NLT)
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, "Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.
Genesis 49 : 2 (NLT)
"Come and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.
Genesis 49 : 3 (NLT)
"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power.
Genesis 49 : 4 (NLT)
But you are as unruly as a flood, and you will be first no longer. For you went to bed with my wife; you defiled my marriage couch.
Genesis 49 : 5 (NLT)
"Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence.
Genesis 49 : 6 (NLT)
May I never join in their meetings; may I never be a party to their plans. For in their anger they murdered men, and they crippled oxen just for sport.
Genesis 49 : 7 (NLT)
A curse on their anger, for it is fierce; a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them among the descendants of Jacob; I will disperse them throughout Israel.
Genesis 49 : 8 (NLT)
"Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will grasp your enemies by the neck. All your relatives will bow before you.
Genesis 49 : 9 (NLT)
Judah, my son, is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness-- who dares to rouse him?
Genesis 49 : 10 (NLT)
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.
Genesis 49 : 11 (NLT)
He ties his foal to a grapevine, the colt of his donkey to a choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Genesis 49 : 12 (NLT)
His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
Genesis 49 : 13 (NLT)
"Zebulun will settle by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships; his borders will extend to Sidon.
Genesis 49 : 14 (NLT)
"Issachar is a sturdy donkey, resting between two saddlepacks.
Genesis 49 : 15 (NLT)
When he sees how good the countryside is and how pleasant the land, he will bend his shoulder to the load and submit himself to hard labor.
Genesis 49 : 16 (NLT)
"Dan will govern his people, like any other tribe in Israel.
Genesis 49 : 17 (NLT)
Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse's hooves so its rider is thrown off.
Genesis 49 : 18 (NLT)
I trust in you for salvation, O LORD!
Genesis 49 : 19 (NLT)
"Gad will be attacked by marauding bands, but he will attack them when they retreat.
Genesis 49 : 20 (NLT)
"Asher will dine on rich foods and produce food fit for kings.
Genesis 49 : 21 (NLT)
"Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
Genesis 49 : 22 (NLT)
"Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey, the foal of a wild donkey at a spring-- one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.
Genesis 49 : 23 (NLT)
Archers attacked him savagely; they shot at him and harassed him.
Genesis 49 : 24 (NLT)
But his bow remained taut, and his arms were strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
Genesis 49 : 25 (NLT)
May the God of your father help you; May the Almighty bless you with the blessings of the heavens above, and blessings of the watery depths below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.
Genesis 49 : 26 (NLT)
May the blessings of your father surpass the blessings of the ancient mountains, reaching to the heights of the eternal hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, who is a prince among his brothers.
Genesis 49 : 27 (NLT)
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, devouring his enemies in the morning and dividing his plunder in the evening."
Genesis 49 : 28 (NLT)
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message.
Genesis 49 : 29 (NLT)
Then Jacob instructed them, "Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 49 : 30 (NLT)
This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.
Genesis 49 : 31 (NLT)
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. There Isaac and his wife, Rebekah, are buried. And there I buried Leah.
Genesis 49 : 32 (NLT)
It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites."
Genesis 49 : 33 (NLT)
When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his ancestors in death.
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