Book of Genesis, Chapter 49
Genesis 49 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 49 of Genesis—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you 1in the [a]days to come.
- ¶ “Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;
And 2listen to Israel your father. - ¶ “Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and 3the beginning of my strength,
[b]Preeminent in dignity and [c]preeminent in power. - “[d]Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence,
4Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch. - ¶ “5Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Their swords are implements of violence. - “6Let my soul not enter into their council;
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slew [e]men,
And in their self-will they lamed [f]oxen. - “Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel.
7I will [g]disperse them in Jacob,
And scatter them in Israel. - ¶ “Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
8Your father’s sons shall bow down to you. - “Judah is a 9lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
10He [h]couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a [i]lion, who [j]dares rouse him up? - “11The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
[k]Until Shiloh comes,
And 12to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. - “[l]13He ties his foal to the vine,
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;
14He washes his garments in wine,
And his robes in the blood of grapes. - “His eyes are [m]dull from wine,
And his teeth [n]white from milk. - ¶ “15Zebulun will dwell at the seashore;
And he shall be [o]a haven for ships,
And his flank shall be toward Sidon. - ¶ “Issachar is [p]a strong donkey,
16Lying down between the [q]sheepfolds. - “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. - ¶ “17Dan shall 18judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel. - “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. - “19For Your salvation I wait, O LORD.
- ¶ “20As for Gad, [r]raiders shall raid him,
But he will raid at their [s]heels. - ¶ “[t]21As for 22Asher, his [u]food shall be [v]rich,
And he will yield royal dainties. - ¶ “23Naphtali is a doe let loose,
He gives beautiful words. - ¶ “24Joseph is a fruitful [w]bough,
A fruitful [x]bough by a spring;
Its [y]branches run over a wall. - “The archers bitterly attacked him,
And shot at him and harassed him; - But his 25bow remained [z]firm,
And [aa]26his arms were agile,
From the hands of the 27Mighty One of Jacob
(From there is 28the Shepherd, 29the Stone of Israel), - From 30the God of your father who helps you,
And [ab]31by the [ac]Almighty who blesses you
With 32blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb. - “The blessings of your father
Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors
Up to the [ad]utmost bound of 33the everlasting hills;
May they be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers. - ¶ “Benjamin is a [ae]ravenous wolf;
In the morning he devours the prey,
And in the evening he divides the spoil.” - ¶ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them [af]when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one [ag]with the blessing appropriate to him.
- Then he charged them and said to them, “I am about to be 34gathered to my people; 35bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in 36the field of Ephron the Hittite,
- in the 37cave 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 [ah]burial site.
- There they buried 38Abraham and his wife 39Sarah, there they buried 40Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah—
- the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth.”
- When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and 41breathed his last, and was 42gathered to his people.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit end of the days
- ^ Lit preeminence
- ^ Lit preeminence
- ^ Or Boiling over; lit Recklessness
- ^ Lit a man
- ^ Lit an ox
- ^ Lit divide
- ^ Lit bows down
- ^ Or lioness
- ^ Lit shall
- ^ Or Until he comes to Shiloh; or Until he comes to whom it belongs
- ^ Lit Binding of
- ^ Or darker than
- ^ Or whiter than
- ^ Lit for a shore of ships
- ^ Lit a donkey of bone
- ^ Or saddlebags
- ^ Lit a raiding band
- ^ Lit heel
- ^ Lit From
- ^ Or bread
- ^ Lit fat
- ^ Lit son
- ^ Lit son
- ^ Lit daughters
- ^ I.e. in an unyielding position
- ^ Lit the arms of his hands
- ^ Or with
- ^ Heb Shaddai
- ^ Lit limit; or desire
- ^ Lit a wolf that tears
- ^ Lit and
- ^ Lit according to his blessing
- ^ Lit possession of a burial place
REFERENCES
- ^ Nu 24:14
- ^ Ps 34:11
- ^ De 21:17; Ps 78:51; 105:36
- ^ Ge 35:22; De 27:20; 1Ch 5:1
- ^ Ge 34:25-30
- ^ Ps 64:2
- ^ Jos 19:1, 9; 21:1-42
- ^ Ge 27:29; 1Ch 5:2
- ^ Eze 19:5-7; Mc 5:8
- ^ Nu 24:9
- ^ Nu 24:17; Ps 60:7; 108:8
- ^ Ps 2:6-9; 72:8-11; Is 42:1, 4; 49:6
- ^ De 8:7, 8; 2Ki 18:32
- ^ Is 63:2
- ^ De 33:18, 19
- ^ Jg 5:16; Ps 68:13
- ^ De 33:22; Jg 18:26, 27
- ^ Ge 30:6
- ^ Ex 15:2; Ps 25:5; 40:1-3; 119:166, 174; Is 25:9; Mc 7:7
- ^ De 33:20
- ^ De 33:24, 25
- ^ Ge 30:13
- ^ De 33:23
- ^ De 33:13-17
- ^ Jb 29:20
- ^ Ps 18:34; 73:23; Is 41:10
- ^ Ps 132:2, 5; Is 1:24; 49:26
- ^ Ps 23:1; 80:1
- ^ Ps 118:22; Is 28:16; 1Pe 2:6-8
- ^ Ge 28:13; 32:9
- ^ Ge 28:3; 48:3
- ^ Ge 27:28
- ^ De 33:15, 16
- ^ Ge 25:8
- ^ Ge 47:30
- ^ Ge 23:16-20; 50:13
- ^ Ge 23:3-20
- ^ Ge 25:9
- ^ Ge 23:19
- ^ Ge 35:29
- ^ Ge 25:8; Ac 7:15
- ^ Ge 49:29
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