The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 49

Gen 49:1 And Jacob [03290] called [07121] (8799) unto his sons [01121], and said [0559] (8799), Gather yourselves together [0622] (8734), that I may tell [05046] (8686) you that which shall befall [07122] (8799) you in the last [0319] days [03117].
Gen 49:2 Gather yourselves together [06908] (8734), and hear [08085] (8798), ye sons [01121] of Jacob [03290]; and hearken [08085] (8798) unto Israel [03478] your father [01].
Gen 49:3 Reuben [07205], thou art my firstborn [01060], my might [03581], and the beginning [07225] of my strength [0202], the excellency [03499] of dignity [07613], and the excellency [03499] of power [05794]:
Gen 49:4 Unstable [06349] as water [04325], thou shalt not excel [03498] (8686); because thou wentest up [05927] (8804) to thy father's [01] bed [04904]; then defiledst thou [02490] (8765) [it]: he went up [05927] (8804) to my couch [03326].
Gen 49:5 Simeon [08095] and Levi [03878] are brethren [0251]; instruments [03627] of cruelty [02555] [are in] their habitations [04380].
Gen 49:6 O my soul [05315], come [0935] (8799) not thou into their secret [05475]; unto their assembly [06951], mine honour [03519], be not thou united [03161] (8799): for in their anger [0639] they slew [02026] (8804) a man [0376], and in their selfwill [07522] they digged down [06131] (8765) a wall [07794].
Gen 49:7 Cursed [0779] (8803) [be] their anger [0639], for it was fierce [05794]; and their wrath [05678], for it was cruel [07185] (8804): I will divide [02505] (8762) them in Jacob [03290], and scatter [06327] (8686) them in Israel [03478].
Gen 49:8 Judah [03063], thou [art he] whom thy brethren [0251] shall praise [03034] (8686): thy hand [03027] shall be in the neck [06203] of thine enemies [0341] (8802); thy father's [01] children [01121] shall bow down [07812] (8691) before thee.
Gen 49:9 Judah [03063] is a lion's [0738] whelp [01482]: from the prey [02964], my son [01121], thou art gone up [05927] (8804): he stooped down [03766] (8804), he couched [07257] (8804) as a lion [0738], and as an old lion [03833]; who shall rouse him up [06965] (8686)?
Gen 49:10 The sceptre [07626] shall not depart [05493] (8799) from Judah [03063], nor a lawgiver [02710] (8781) from between his feet [07272], until [03588] Shiloh [07886] come [0935] (8799); and unto him [shall] the gathering [03349] of the people [05971] [be].
Gen 49:11 Binding [0631] (8802) his foal [05895] unto the vine [01612], and his ass's [0860] colt [01121] unto the choice vine [08321]; he washed [03526] (8765) his garments [03830] in wine [03196], and his clothes [05497] in the blood [01818] of grapes [06025]:
Gen 49:12 His eyes [05869] shall be red [02447] with wine [03196], and his teeth [08127] white [03836] with milk [02461].
Gen 49:13 Zebulun [02074] shall dwell [07931] (8799) at the haven [02348] of the sea [03220]; and he shall be for an haven [02348] of ships [0591]; and his border [03411] shall be unto Zidon [06721].
Gen 49:14 Issachar [03485] is a strong [01634] ass [02543] couching down [07257] (8802) between two burdens [04942]:
Gen 49:15 And he saw [07200] (8799) that rest [04496] was good [02896], and the land [0776] that it was pleasant [05276] (8804); and bowed [05186] (8799) his shoulder [07926] to bear [05445] (8800), and became a servant [05647] (8802) unto tribute [04522].
Gen 49:16 Dan [01835] shall judge [01777] (8799) his people [05971], as one [0259] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].
Gen 49:17 Dan [01835] shall be a serpent [05175] by the way [01870], an adder [08207] in the path [0734], that biteth [05391] (8802) the horse [05483] heels [06119], so that his rider [07392] (8802) shall fall [05307] (8799) backward [0268].
Gen 49:18 I have waited for [06960] (8765) thy salvation [03444], O LORD [03068].
Gen 49:19 Gad [01410], a troop [01416] shall overcome [01464] (8799) him: but he shall overcome [01464] (8799) at the last [06119].
Gen 49:20 Out of Asher [0836] his bread [03899] shall be fat [08082], and he shall yield [05414] (8799) royal [04428] dainties [04574].
Gen 49:21 Naphtali [05321] is a hind [0355] let loose [07971] (8803): he giveth [05414] (8802) goodly [08233] words [0561].
Gen 49:22 Joseph [03130] is a fruitful [06509] (8802) bough [01121], [even] a fruitful [06509] (8802) bough [01121] by a well [05869]; [whose] branches [01323] run [06805] (8804) over the wall [07791]:
Gen 49:23 The archers [01167] [02671] have sorely grieved him [04843] (8762), and shot [07232] (8804) [at him], and hated him [07852] (8799):
Gen 49:24 But his bow [07198] abode [03427] (8799) in strength [0386], and the arms [02220] of his hands [03027] were made strong [06339] (8799) by the hands [03027] of the mighty [046] [God] of Jacob [03290]; (from thence is the shepherd [07462] (8802), the stone [068] of Israel [03478]:)
Gen 49:25 [Even] by the God [0410] of thy father [01], who shall help [05826] (8799) thee; and by [0854] the Almighty [07706], who shall bless [01288] (8762) thee with blessings [01293] of heaven [08064] above [05920], blessings [01293] of the deep [08415] that lieth [07257] (8802) under, blessings [01293] of the breasts [07699], and of the womb [07356]:
Gen 49:26 The blessings [01293] of thy father [01] have prevailed [01396] (8804) above the blessings [01293] of my progenitors [02029] (8802) unto the utmost bound [08379] of the everlasting [05769] hills [01389]: they shall be on the head [07218] of Joseph [03130], and on the crown of the head [06936] of him that was separate [05139] from his brethren [0251].
Gen 49:27 Benjamin [01144] shall ravin [02963] (8799) [as] a wolf [02061]: in the morning [01242] he shall devour [0398] (8799) the prey [05706], and at night [06153] he shall divide [02505] (8762) the spoil [07998].
Gen 49:28 All these are the twelve [06240] [08147] tribes [07626] of Israel [03478]: and this [is it] that their father [01] spake [01696] (8765) unto them, and blessed [01288] (8762) them; every [0834] one [0376] according to his blessing [01293] he blessed [01288] (8765) them.
Gen 49:29 And he charged [06680] (8762) them, and said [0559] (8799) unto them, I am to be gathered [0622] (8737) unto my people [05971]: bury [06912] (8798) me with my fathers [01] in the cave [04631] that is in the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850],
Gen 49:30 In the cave [04631] that is in the field [07704] of Machpelah [04375], which is before [06440] Mamre [04471], in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which Abraham [085] bought [07069] (8804) with the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850] for a possession [0272] of a buryingplace [06913].
Gen 49:31 There they buried [06912] (8804) Abraham [085] and Sarah [08283] his wife [0802]; there they buried [06912] (8804) Isaac [03327] and Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802]; and there I buried [06912] (8804) Leah [03812].
Gen 49:32 The purchase [04735] of the field [07704] and of the cave [04631] that is therein was from the children [01121] of Heth [02845].
Gen 49:33 And when Jacob [03290] had made an end [03615] (8762) of commanding [06680] (8763) his sons [01121], he gathered up [0622] (8799) his feet [07272] into the bed [04296], and yielded up the ghost [01478] (8799), and was gathered [0622] (8735) unto his people [05971].

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