1 Jacob then called his sons and said,
2 "Gather round, sons of Jacob. And listen to your father Israel!
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my manhood! excelling in honor and excelling in power.
4 Restless as water, you will excel no more for you went to your father's wife, on to my bed and defiled it.
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
6 Let me not share their counsel! Let my heart keep far from their company, for in anger they killed men, and hamstrung oxen at their pleasure.
7 A curse on their anger for it is fierce; a curse on their fury, so cruel! I will divide them among Jacob, and scatter them among Israel.
8 Judah, your brothers will praise you! You shall seize your enemies by the neck! Your father's sons shall bow before you.
9 Judah, a young lion! You return from the prey, my son! Like a lion he stoops and crouches, and like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
10 The scepter shall not be taken from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and who has the obedience of the nations.
11 He ties his foal to a vine, and his ass' colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine and his robe in the juice of grapes.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
13 Zebulun lives by the seashore; he is a haven for the ships, and his flank stretches to Sidon.
14 Issachar is a sturdy ass, lolling beside the sheepfolds.
15 He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant. He bends his back to the burden and submits to forced labor.
16 Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper on the path, that bites the horse's heels, making the rider fall backwards!
18 In your salvation, I hope, O Yahweh!
19 Raiders shall raid Gad, but he shall raid at their heels.
20 Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide delicacies fit for a king!
21 Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears beautiful fawns.
22 Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
23 Archers attacked him fiercely and sorely provoked him;
24 but his bow remained steady, and his arms nimble, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob; because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel;
25 because of the God of your father, your Helper! because of God Almighty who blesses you with blessings from heaven above, with blessings from the deep below! with blessings of the breast and the womb!
26 The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, the bounty of the everlasting hills! May they all rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the one who is a prince among his brothers!
27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf! In the morning he devours his prey, and in the evening he divides the spoil!"
28 These are all the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what his father said when he blessed them, giving each one a special and appropriate blessing.
29 He then gave them these instructions: "I am soon to be gathered to my people; bury me near my fathers, in the cave in the field of Ephron, the Hittite;
30 in the cave in the field of Machpelah, to the east of Mamre in Canaan, the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
31 It was there that Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried. There they buried Leah.
32 The field and the cave in it were purchased from the Hittites."
33 When Jacob had given these instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed; he breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
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Genesis 49 is the chapter in which Jacob blesses his children before he dies. Each child receives an individual blessing, based on their past character and actions. The verses chosen below address topics such as leadership, justice, war and prosperity:
Deuteronomy 33:5: "Thus he became king in Jesurum, when the heads of the people gathered, all the tribes of Israel together." This verse talks about God's leadership over Israel and can be related to the blessing that Jacob gives Judah in Genesis 49:10, when he says the scepter will not move away from Judah, and that his descendants will come the leader.
Proverbs 29:14: "A king who judges the poor with equity will have his throne established forever." This verse talks about justice in leadership and can be related to the blessing that Jacob gives Ruben in Genesis 49:4, when he says that Rúben is unstable as water and will have no leadership position.
Psalm 144:1: "Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands to war and my fingers to battle." This verse talks about the preparation for war and can be related to the blessing that Jacob gives the gad in Genesis 49:19, when he says that Gade will be attacked, but will resist as a combat troop.
Deuteronomy 33:13-16: "Benjamin is the beloved of the Lord; He lives safely by his side. The Lord keeps him all the time, and protects him as man protects his own son. At that time, Jacob blessed the tribe of Joseph. He said, 'May the Lord bless the earth with the best rain in heaven, with the moisture that comes from the depths of the earth, with the best fruits of the sun, with the most tasty harvests. " These verses talk about prosperity and can be related to the blessing that Jacob gives Joseph in Genesis 49:22-26, when he talks about how Joseph is a fruitful vine that grows abundantly.
Psalm 60:4: "But for those who fear you, she had a flag to be saved from all arches." This verse talks about salvation in difficult times and can be related to the blessing that Jacob gives dã in Genesis 49:16-18, when he talks about how he will judge his people and will be a serpent on the edge of the path that bites the horse.
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