Genesis 49

Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.

Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob.

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,

Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength;

Boiling over like water, you shall not excel,

Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;

“Simeon and Levi are brothers.

Simeon and Levi are brethren;

My soul, don’t come into their council.

O my soul, come not thou into their council;

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;

“Judah, your brothers will praise you.

Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise:

Judah is a lion’s cub.

Judah is a lion’s whelp;

The scepter will not depart from Judah,

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,

Binding his foal to the vine,

Binding his foal unto the vine,

His eyes will be red with wine,

His eyes shall be red with wine,

“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea.

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;

“Issachar is a strong donkey,

Issachar is a strong ass,

He saw a resting place, that it was good,

And he saw a resting-place that it was good,

“Dan will judge his people,

Dan shall judge his people,

Dan will be a serpent on the trail,

Dan shall be a serpent in the way,

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

“A troop will press on Gad,

Gad, a troop shall press upon him;

“Asher’s food will be rich.

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat,

“Naphtali is a doe set free,

Naphtali is a hind let loose:

“Joseph is a fruitful vine,

Joseph is a fruitful bough,

The archers have severely grieved him,

The archers have sorely grieved him,

But his bow remained strong.

But his bow abode in strength,

even by the God of your father, who will help you,

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee,

The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors,

The blessings of thy father

“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.

Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth:

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.

in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah—

the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”

the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.

When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.