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gather about me, sons of Jacob, and listen; it is Israel, your father, who speaks. (Genesis 49, 2)
but all went to waste like water. Never mayst thou thrive, thou who wouldst lie between thy father’s sheets, and defile his bed. (Genesis 49, 4)
But thou, Juda, shalt win the praise of thy brethren; with thy hand on the necks of thy enemies, thou shalt be reverenced by thy own father’s sons. (Genesis 49, 8)
Fairer than wine his eyes shall be, his teeth whiter than milk.✻ (Genesis 49, 12)
so pleasant he finds his resting-place, so fair his land, that he is willing to bow under the yoke, and pay tribute to others. (Genesis 49, 15)
Joseph grows upward, upward still, fair to view; see how the maidens pass to and fro on the city walls!✻ (Genesis 49, 22)
but his bow rests in the strength that does not fail him; the power of the God who rules in Jacob gives free play to hand and arm. From Joseph one shall arise, who will be the shepherd and the corner-stone of Israel. (Genesis 49, 24)
The God of thy father shall bring thee aid; the Almighty shall bless thee with all the blessings that lie stored in heaven above, or in the depth beneath us, all the blessings that enrich breast and womb. (Genesis 49, 25)
This blessing which thy father gives thee draws strength from all the blessings which his own fathers bequeathed; they shall not cease till he comes, whom the everlasting hills await. May they all rest on Joseph’s head, rest on his brow, who is separated, like a Nazirite, from his brethren. (Genesis 49, 26)
As for Benjamin, he is like a ravening wolf, that must devour his own prey in the morning, and have plunder still to divide at nightfall. (Genesis 49, 27)
All these names are perpetuated in the twelve tribes of Israel; and these are the words in which their father blessed them one by one, giving each the blessing that was due to him. (Genesis 49, 28)
Then he laid a charge upon them; I must die, he said, and become a part of my people; bury me with my fathers in the double cave on the land that belonged once to Ephron the Hethite, (Genesis 49, 29)
