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  49:1 ¶
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. |
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49:1 ¶
And Jacob°
called°°
unto°
his sons,°
and said,°°
Gather yourselves together,°°
that I may tell°°
you [that]°
which°
shall befall°°
you in the last°
days.° |
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49:2
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father. |
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49:2
Gather yourselves together,°°
and hear,°°
ye sons°
of Jacob;°
and hearken°°
unto°
Israel°
your father.° |
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49:3 ¶
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. |
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49:3 ¶
Reuben,°
thou°
[art] my firstborn,°
my might,°
and the beginning°
of my strength,°
the excellency°
of dignity,°
and the excellency°
of power:° |
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49:4
Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. |
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49:4
Unstable°
as water,°
thou shalt not°
excel;°°
because°
thou wentest up°°
to thy father's°
bed;°
then°
defiledst°
thou°°
[it]: he went up°°
to my couch.° |
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49:5 ¶
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords. |
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49:5 ¶
Simeon°
and Levi°
[are] brethren;°
instruments°
of cruelty°
[are in] their habitations.° |
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49:6
O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox. |
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49:6
O my soul,°
come°°
not°
thou into their secret;°
unto their assembly,°
mine honour,°
be not°
thou united:°°
for°
in their anger°
they slew°°
a man,°
and in their selfwill°
they digged down°°
a wall.°° |
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49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel. |
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49:7
Cursed°°
[be] their anger,°
for°
[it was] fierce;°
and their wrath,°
for°
it was cruel:°°
I will divide°°
them in Jacob,°
and scatter°°
them in Israel.° |
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49:8 ¶
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee. |
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49:8 ¶
Judah,°
thou°
[art he] whom thy brethren°
shall praise:°°
thy hand°
[shall be] in the neck°
of thine enemies;°°
thy father's°
children°
shall bow down°°
before thee. |
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49:9
Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? |
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49:9
Judah°
[is] a lion's°
whelp:°
from the prey,°°
my son,°
thou art gone up:°°
he stooped down,°°
he couched°°
as a lion,°
and as an old lion;°
who°
shall rouse him up?°° |
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49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. |
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49:10
The sceptre°
shall not°
depart°°
from Judah,°°
nor a lawgiver°°
from between°°
his feet,°
until°°
Shiloh°
come;°°
and unto him [shall] the gathering°
of the people°
[be]. |
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49:11
Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes: |
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49:11
Binding°°
his foal°
unto the vine,°
and his ass's°
colt°
unto the choice vine;°
he washed°°
his garments°
in wine,°
and his clothes°
in the blood°
of grapes:° |
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49:12
His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk. |
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49:12
His eyes°
[shall be] red°
with wine,°°
and his teeth°
white°
with milk.°° |
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49:13 ¶
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon. |
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49:13 ¶
Zebulun°
shall dwell°°
at the haven°
of the sea;°
and he°
[shall be] for an haven°
of ships;°
and his border°
[shall be] unto°
Zidon.° |
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49:14 ¶
Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds: |
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49:14 ¶
Issachar°
[is] a strong°
ass°
couching down°°
between°
two burdens:° |
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49:15
And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork. |
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49:15
And he saw°°
that°
rest°
[was] good,°
and the land°
that°
[it was] pleasant;°°
and bowed°°
his shoulder°
to bear,°°
and became°
a servant°°
unto tribute.° |
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49:16 ¶
Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. |
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49:16 ¶
Dan°
shall judge°°
his people,°
as one°
of the tribes°
of Israel.° |
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49:17
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward. |
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49:17
Dan°
shall be°
a serpent°
by°
the way,°
an adder°
in°
the path,°
that biteth°°
the horse°
heels,°
so that his rider°°
shall fall°°
backward.° |
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49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah. |
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49:18
I have waited°
for°°
thy salvation,°
O LORD.° |
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49:19 ¶
Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel. |
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49:19 ¶
Gad,°
a troop°
shall overcome°°
him: but he°
shall overcome°°
at the last.° |
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49:20 ¶
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties. |
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49:20 ¶
Out of Asher°°
his bread°
[shall be] fat,°
and he°
shall yield°°
royal°
dainties.° |
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49:21 ¶
Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words. |
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49:21 ¶
Naphtali°
[is] a hind°
let loose:°°
he giveth°°
goodly°
words.° |
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49:22 ¶
Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall. |
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49:22 ¶
Joseph°
[is] a fruitful°°
bough,°
[even] a fruitful°°
bough°
by°
a well;°
[whose] branches°
run°°
over°
the wall:° |
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49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him: |
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49:23
The archers°°
have sorely grieved°
him,°°
and shot°°
[at him], and hated°
him:°° |
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49:24
But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), |
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49:24
But his bow°
abode°°
in strength,°
and the arms°
of his hands°
were made strong°°
by the hands°°
of the mighty°
[God] of Jacob;°
(from thence°°
[is] the shepherd,°°
the stone°
of Israel:)° |
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49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. |
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49:25
[Even] by the God°°
of thy father,°
who shall help°°
thee; and by°
the Almighty,°
who shall bless°°
thee with blessings°
of heaven°
above,°°
blessings°
of the deep°
that lieth°°
under,°
blessings°
of the breasts,°
and of the womb:° |
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49:26
The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. |
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49:26
The blessings°
of thy father°
have prevailed°°
above°
the blessings°
of my progenitors°°
unto°
the utmost bound°
of the everlasting°
hills:°
they shall be°
on the head°
of Joseph,°
and on the crown of the head°
of him that was separate°
from°
his brethren.° |
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49:27 ¶
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil. |
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49:27 ¶
Benjamin°
shall ravin°°
[as] a wolf:°
in the morning°
he shall devour°°
the prey,°
and at night°
he shall divide°°
the spoil.° |
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49:28 ¶
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. |
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49:28 ¶
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. |
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49:29
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, |
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49:29
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,° |
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49:30
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. |
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49:30
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°
of°°
Ephron°
the Hittite°
for a possession°
of a buryingplace.° |
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49:31
there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah: |
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49:31
There°
they buried°°°
Abraham°
and Sarah°
his wife;°
there°
they buried°°°
Isaac°
and Rebekah°
his wife;°
and there°
I buried°°°
Leah.° |
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49:32
the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth. |
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49:32
The purchase°
of the field°
and of the cave°
that°
[is] therein [was] from°°
the children°
of Heth.° |
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49:33
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. |
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49:33
And when Jacob°
had made an end°°
of commanding°°°
his sons,°
he gathered up°°
his feet°
into°
the bed,°
and yielded up the ghost,°°
and was gathered°°
unto°
his people.° |
