Verse 28
Genesis 49:28
Literal Standard Version
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father has spoken to them, and he blesses them; each according to his blessing he has blessed them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כָּל אֵ֛לֶּה שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֑ר וְ֠/זֹאת אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּ֨ר לָ/הֶ֤ם אֲבִי/הֶם֙ וַ/יְבָ֣רֶךְ אוֹתָ֔/ם אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כְּ/בִרְכָת֖/וֹ בֵּרַ֥ךְ אֹתָֽ/ם
English Translation
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them; each one according to his blessing he blessed them.
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Chapter 49 Context
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And Jacob calls to his sons and says, “Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which happens...
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Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, || And listen to your father Israel.
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Reuben! You are my firstborn, || My power, and beginning of my strength, || The abundance of exaltat...
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Unstable as water, you are not abundant; For you have gone up your father’s bed; Then you have defil...
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Simeon and Levi are brothers! Instruments of violence—their espousals!
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Into their secret, do not come, O my soul! Do not be united to their assembly, O my glory; For in th...
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Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce, || And their wrath, for it is sharp; I divide them in Jacob...
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Judah! Your brothers praise you! Your hand is on the neck of your enemies, || Sons of your father bo...
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A lion’s whelp is Judah, || For prey, my son, you have gone up; He has bent, he has crouched as a li...
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The scepter does not turn aside from Judah, || And a lawgiver from between his feet, || Until his Se...
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Binding to the vine his donkey, || And to the choice vine the colt of his donkey, || He has washed i...
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Red are eyes with wine, || And white are teeth with milk!
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Zebulun dwells at a haven of the seas, || And he is for a haven of ships; And his side is to Sidon.
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Issachar is a strong donkey, || Crouching between the two folds;
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And he sees rest, that it is good, || And the land, that it is pleasant, || And he inclines his shou...
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Dan judges his people, || As one of the tribes of Israel;
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Dan is a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, || Which is biting the horse’s heels, || And its r...
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For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
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Gad! A troop assaults him, || But he assaults last.
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Out of Asher his bread is fat; And he gives delicacies of a king.
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Naphtali is a doe sent away, || Who is giving beautiful young ones.
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Joseph is a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, || Daughters step over the wall;
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And embitter him indeed, they have striven, || Indeed, archers hate him;
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And his bow abides in strength, || And strengthened are the arms of his hands || By the hands of the...
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By the God (Elohim) of your father who helps you, || And the Mighty One who blesses you, || Blessing...
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Your father’s blessings have been mighty || Above the blessings of my progenitors, || To the limit o...
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Benjamin! A wolf tears; In the morning he eats prey, || And at evening he apportions spoil.”
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father has spoken to them, a...
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And he commands them and says to them, “I am being gathered to my people; bury me by my fathers, at...
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in the cave which is in the field of Machpelah, which is on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaa...
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(there they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and the...
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the purchase of the field and of the cave which is in it, is from sons of Heth.”
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And Jacob finishes commanding his sons, and gathers up his feet to the bed, and expires, and is gath...
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