Genesis 49 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Israel's Prophecy concerning His Sons

Gen 49:1And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, 'Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days.

Gen 49:2

Gen 49:2'Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.

Gen 49:3

Gen 49:3Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

Gen 49:4

Gen 49:4Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!

Gen 49:5

Gen 49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals!

Gen 49:6

Gen 49:6Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.

Gen 49:7

Gen 49:7Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce, And their wrath, for it is sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

Gen 49:8

Gen 49:8Judah! thou -- thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand is on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee.

Gen 49:9

Gen 49:9A lion's whelp is Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?

Gen 49:10

Gen 49:10The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his is the obedience of peoples.

Gen 49:11

Gen 49:11Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;

Gen 49:12

Gen 49:12Red are eyes with wine, And white are teeth with milk!

Gen 49:13

Gen 49:13Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he is for a haven of ships; And his side is unto Zidon.

Gen 49:14

Gen 49:14Issacher is a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;

Gen 49:15

Gen 49:15And he seeth rest that it is good, And the land that it is pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant.

Gen 49:16

Gen 49:16Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;

Gen 49:17

Gen 49:17Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.

Gen 49:18

Gen 49:18For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!

Gen 49:19

Gen 49:19Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last.

Gen 49:20

Gen 49:20Out of Asher his bread is fat; And he giveth dainties of a king.

Gen 49:21

Gen 49:21Naphtali is a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.

Gen 49:22

Gen 49:22Joseph is a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;

Gen 49:23

Gen 49:23And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

Gen 49:24

Gen 49:24And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.

Gen 49:25

Gen 49:25By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; --

Gen 49:26

Gen 49:26Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate from his brethren.

Gen 49:27

Gen 49:27Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'

Gen 49:28

Gen 49:28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

Gen 49:29

Gen 49:29And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, 'I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

Gen 49:30

Gen 49:30in the cave which is in the field of Machpelah, which is on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;

Gen 49:31

Gen 49:31(there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah);

Gen 49:32

Gen 49:32the purchase of the field and of the cave which is in it, is from Sons of Heth.'

Gen 49:33

Gen 49:33And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Israel's Prophecy concerning His Sons

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