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And Jacob[H3290]called[H7121] unto his sons[H1121], and said[H559], Gather yourselves together[H622], that I may tell[H5046] you that which shall befall[H7122] you in the last[H319]days[H3117].
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Gather yourselves together[H6908], and hear[H8085], ye sons[H1121] of Jacob[H3290]; and hearken[H8085] unto Israel[H3478] your father[H1].
3Reuben[H7205], thou art my firstborn[H1060], my might[H3581], and the beginning[H7225] of my strength[H202], the excellency[H3499] of dignity[H7613], and the excellency[H3499] of power[H5794]:
4Unstable[H6349] as water[H4325], thou[H2490] shalt not excel[H3498]; because thou[H2490] wentest up[H5927] to thy father's bed[H4904]; then defiledst thou[H2490] it: he went up[H5927] to my couch[H3326].
5Simeon[H8095] and Levi[H3878] are brethren[H251]; instruments[H3627] of cruelty[H2555] are in their habitations[H4380].
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O my soul[H5315], come[H935] not thou into their secret[H5475]; unto their assembly[H6951], mine honour[H3519], be not thou united[H3161]: for in their anger[H639] they slew[H2026] a man[H376], and in their selfwill[H7522] they digged down[H6131] a wall[H7794].
7Cursed[H779] be their anger[H639], for it was fierce[H5794]; and their wrath[H5678], for it was cruel[H7185]: I will divide[H2505] them in Jacob[H3290], and scatter[H6327] them in Israel[H3478].
8Judah[H3063], thou art he whom thy brethren[H251] shall praise[H3034]: thy hand[H3027] shall be in the neck[H6203] of thine enemies[H341]; thy father's children[H1121] shall bow down[H7812] before thee.
9Judah[H3063] is a lion[H738]'s whelp[H1482]: from the prey[H2964], my son[H1121], thou art gone up[H5927]: he stooped down[H3766], he couched[H7257] as a lion[H3833], and as an old lion[H3833]; who shall rouse him up?[H6965]
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The sceptre[H7626] shall not depart[H5493] from Judah[H3063], nor a lawgiver[H2710] from between his feet[H7272], until[H3588]Shiloh[H7886]come[H935]; and unto him shall the gathering[H3349] of the people[H5971] be.
11Binding[H631] his foal[H5895] unto the vine[H1612], and his ass's colt[H1121] unto the choice vine[H8321]; he washed[H3526] his garments[H3830] in wine[H3196], and his clothes[H5497] in the blood[H1818] of grapes[H6025]:
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His eyes[H5869] shall be red[H2447] with wine[H3196], and his teeth[H8127]white[H3836] with milk[H2461].
13Zebulun[H2074] shall dwell[H7931] at the haven[H2348] of the sea[H3220]; and he shall be for an haven[H2348] of ships[H591]; and his border[H3411] shall be unto Zidon[H6721].
14Issachar[H3485] is a strong[H1634]ass[H2543] couching down[H7257] between two burdens[H4942]:
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And he saw[H7200] that rest[H4496] was good[H2896], and the land[H776] that it was pleasant[H5276]; and bowed[H5186] his shoulder[H7926] to bear[H5445], and became a servant[H5647] unto tribute[H4522].
16Dan[H1835] shall judge[H1777] his people[H5971], as one[H259] of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478].
17Dan[H1835] shall be a serpent[H5175] by the way[H1870], an adder[H8207] in the path[H734], that biteth[H5391] the horse[H5483]heels[H6119], so that his rider[H7392] shall fall[H5307]backward[H268].
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I have waited for[H6960] thy salvation[H3444], O LORD[H3068].
19Gad[H1410], a troop[H1416] shall overcome[H1464] him: but he shall overcome[H1464] at the last[H6119].
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Out of Asher[H836] his bread[H3899] shall be fat[H8082], and he shall yield[H5414]royal[H4428]dainties[H4574].
21Naphtali[H5321] is a hind[H355] let loose[H7971]: he giveth[H5414]goodly[H8233]words[H561].
22Joseph[H3130] is a fruitful[H6509]bough[H1121], even a fruitful[H6509]bough[H1121] by a well[H5869]; whose branches[H1323]run[H6805] over the wall[H7791]:
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The archers[H1167] have sorely grieved him[H4843], and shot[H7232] at him[H7852], and hated him[H7852]:
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But his bow[H7198]abode[H3427] in strength[H386], and the arms[H2220] of his hands[H3027] were made strong[H6339] by the hands[H3027] of the mighty[H46] God of Jacob;(from thence is the shepherd[H7462], the stone[H68] of Israel[H3478]:)
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Even by[H854] the God[H410] of thy father[H1], who shall help[H5826] thee; and by[H854] the Almighty[H7706], who shall bless[H1288] thee with blessings[H1293] of heaven[H8064]above[H5920], blessings[H1293] of the deep[H8415] that lieth[H7257] under, blessings[H1293] of the breasts[H7699], and of the womb[H7356]:
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The blessings[H1293] of thy father[H1] have prevailed[H1396] above the blessings[H1293] of my progenitors[H2029] unto the utmost bound[H8379] of the everlasting[H5769]hills[H1389]: they shall be on the head[H7218] of Joseph[H3130], and on the crown of the head[H6936] of him that was separate[H5139] from his brethren[H251].
27Benjamin[H1144] shall ravin[H2963] as a wolf[H2061]: in the morning[H1242] he shall devour[H398] the prey[H5706], and at night[H6153] he shall divide[H2505] the spoil[H7998].
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All these are the twelve[H6240]tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478]: and this is it that their father[H1]spake[H1696] unto them, and blessed[H1288] them; every[H834]one[H376] according to his blessing[H1293] he blessed[H1288] them.
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And he charged[H6680] them, and said[H559] unto them, I am to be gathered[H622] unto my people[H5971]: bury[H6912] me with my fathers[H1] in the cave[H4631] that is in the field[H7704] of Ephron[H6085] the Hittite[H2850],
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In the cave[H4631] that is in the field[H7704] of Machpelah[H4375], which is before[H6440]Mamre[H4471], in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], which Abraham[H85]bought[H7069] with the field[H7704] of Ephron[H6085] the Hittite[H2850] for a possession[H272] of a buryingplace[H6913].
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There they buried[H6912]Abraham[H85] and Sarah[H8283] his wife[H802]; there they buried[H6912]Isaac[H3327] and Rebekah[H7259] his wife[H802]; and there I buried[H6912]Leah[H3812].
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The purchase[H4735] of the field[H7704] and of the cave[H4631] that is therein was from the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845].
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And when Jacob[H3290] had made an end[H3615] of commanding[H6680] his sons[H1121], he gathered[H622]up[H622] his feet[H7272] into the bed[H4296], and yielded up[H622] the ghost[H1478], and was gathered[H622] unto his people[H5971].