1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Genesis 49

1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. 3 Their blessing in particular. 29 He chargeth them about his burial. 33 He dieth.

 49:1 Then Jacob 3290 summoned 7121 his sons 1121 and said 559, “Assemble 622 yourselves that I may tell 5046 you what 834 will befall 7122 you in the days 3117 to come 319.

 49:2 “Gather 6908 together and hear 8085, O sons 1121 of Jacob 3290; And listen 8085 to Israel 3478 your father 1.

 49:3 ¶ “Reuben 7205, you are my firstborn 1060; My might 3581b and the beginning 7225 of my strength 202, Preeminent 3499a in dignity 7613 and preeminent 3499a in power 5794.

 49:4 “Uncontrolled 6349 as water 4325, you shall not have 3498 preeminence 3498, Because 3588 you went 5927 up to your father’s 1 bed 4904; Then 227 you defiled 2490c [it]—he went 5927 up to my couch 3326.

 49:5 ¶ “Simeon 8095 and Levi 3878 are brothers 251; Their swords 4380 are implements 3627 of violence 2555.

 49:6 “Let my soul 5315 not enter 935 into their council 5475; Let not my glory 3519b be united 3161 with their assembly 6951; Because 3588 in their anger 639 they slew 2026 men 376, And in their self-will 7522 they lamed 6136b oxen 7794.

 49:7 “Cursed 779 be their anger 639, for it is fierce 5794; And their wrath 5678, for it is cruel 7185. I will disperse 2505a them in Jacob 3290, And scatter 6327a them in Israel 3478.

 49:8 ¶ “Judah 3063, your brothers 251 shall praise 3034 you; Your hand 3027 shall be on the neck 6203 of your enemies 340; Your father’s 1 sons 1121 shall bow 7812 down 7812 to you.

 49:9 “Judah 3063 is a lion’s 743b whelp 1482; From the prey 2964, my son 1121, you have gone 5927 up. He couches 3766, he lies 7257 down 7257 as a lion 743b, And as a lion 3833b, who 4310 dares rouse 6965 him up?

 49:10 “The scepter 7626 shall not depart 5493 from Judah 3063, Nor 3808 the ruler’s 2710 staff 2710 from between 996 his feet 7272, Until 5704 3588 Shiloh 7886 comes 935, And to him [shall be] the obedience 3349 of the peoples 5971a.

 49:11 “He ties 631 [his] foal 5895 to the vine 1612, And his donkey’s 860 colt 1121 to the choice 8321b vine 8321b; He washes 3526 his garments 3830 in wine 3196, And his robes 5497 in the blood 1818 of grapes 6025.

 49:12 “His eyes 5869 are dull 2447 from wine 3196, And his teeth 8127 white 3836 from milk 2461.

 49:13 ¶ “Zebulun 2074 will dwell 7931 at the seashore 3220 2348; And he [shall be] a haven 2348 for ships 591, And his flank 3411 [shall be] toward 5921 Sidon 6721.

 49:14 ¶ “Issachar 3485 is a strong 1634 donkey 2543, Lying 7257 down 7257 between 996 the sheepfolds 4942.

 49:15 “When he saw 7200 that a resting 4496 place 4496 was good 2896a And that the land 776 was pleasant 5276, He bowed 5186 his shoulder 7926 to bear 5445 [burdens], And became 1961 a slave 5647 at forced 4522 labor 4522.

 49:16 ¶ “Dan 1835 shall judge 1777 his people 5971a, As one 259 of the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478.

 49:17 “Dan 1835 shall be a serpent 5175 in the way 1870, A horned 8207 snake 8207 in the path 734, That bites 5391a the horse’s 5483b heels 6119, So that his rider 7392 falls 5307 backward 268.

 49:18 “For Your salvation 3444 I wait 6960a, O LORD 3068.

 49:19 ¶ “As for Gad 1410, raiders 1416 shall raid 1464 him, But he will raid 1464 [at] their heels 6119.

 49:20 ¶ “As for Asher 836, his food 3899 shall be rich 8082a, And he will yield 5414 royal 4428 dainties 4574.

 49:21 ¶ “Naphtali 5321 is a doe 355 let 7971 loose 7971, He gives 5414 beautiful 8233 words 561.

 49:22 ¶ “Joseph 3130 is a fruitful 6509 bough 1121, A fruitful 6509 bough 1121 by a spring 5869; [Its] branches 1323 run 6805 over 5921 a wall 7791.

 49:23 “The archers 1167 2671 bitterly 4843 attacked him, And shot 7232b [at him] and harassed 7852 him;

 49:24 But his bow 7198 remained 3427 firm 386, And his arms 2220 were agile 6339, From the hands 3027 of the Mighty 46 One 46 of Jacob 3290 (From there 8033 is the Shepherd 7462a, the Stone 68 of Israel 3478),

 49:25 From the God 410 of your father 1 who helps 5826 you, And by the Almighty 7706b who blesses 1288 you [With] blessings 1293 of heaven 8064 above 4480 5921, Blessings 1293 of the deep 8415 that lies 7257 beneath 8478, Blessings 1293 of the breasts 7699a and of the womb 7358.

 49:26 “The blessings 1293 of your father 1 Have surpassed 1396 the blessings 1293 of my ancestors 2029 Up to the utmost 8379 bound 8379 of the everlasting 5769 hills 1389; May they be on the head 7218 of Joseph 3130, And on the crown 6936 of the head 6936 of the one 5139 distinguished 5139 among his brothers 251.

 49:27 ¶ “Benjamin 1144 is a ravenous 2963 wolf 2061; In the morning 1242 he devours 398 the prey 5706, And in the evening 6153 he divides 2505a the spoil 7998.”

 49:28 ¶ All 3605 these 428 are the twelve 8147 6240 tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, and this 2088 is what 834 their father 1 said 1696 to them when he blessed 1288 them. He blessed 1288 them, every 376 one 376 with the blessing 1293 appropriate to him.

 49:29 Then he charged 6680 them and said 559 to them, “I am about to be gathered 622 to my people 5971b; bury 6912 me with my fathers 1 in the cave 4631 that is in the field 7704 of Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850,

 49:30 in the cave 4631 that is in the field 7704 of Machpelah 4375, which 834 is before 5921 6440 Mamre 4471, in the land 776 of Canaan 3667a, which 834 Abraham 85 bought 7069 along with the field 7704 from Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850 for a burial 6913 site 272.

 49:31 “There 8033 they buried 6912 Abraham 85 and his wife 802 Sarah 8283, there 8033 they buried 6912 Isaac 3327 and his wife 802 Rebekah 7259, and there 8033 I buried 6912 Leah 3812—

 49:32 the field 7704 and the cave 4631 that is in it, purchased 4735 from the sons 1121 of Heth 2845.”

 49:33 When Jacob 3290 finished 3615 charging 6680 his sons 1121, he drew 622 his feet 7272 into the bed 4296 and breathed 1478 his last 1478, and was gathered 622 to his people 5971b.