Genesis 49:1-27 - ESV Bible - Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather...

Jacob Blesses His Sons

1 ¹Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you ²in days to come.

2 "Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.

3 "Reuben, you are ³my firstborn, my might, and the ⁴firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you ⁵went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it--he went up to my couch!

5 ⁶"Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons ⁷of violence are their swords.

6 Let my soul come not into their council; ⁸O my glory, ⁹be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they ¹⁰hamstrung oxen.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will ¹¹divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

8 "Judah, ¹²your brothers shall praise you; ¹³your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; ¹⁴your father's sons shall bow down before you.

9 Judah is ¹⁵a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. ¹⁶He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?

10 The ¹⁷scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff ¹⁸from between his feet, until tribute comes to him;^a and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

11 Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

12 His ¹⁹eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

13 ²⁰"Zebulun shall dwell at the ²¹shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.

14 ²²"Issachar is a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.^b

15 He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and ²³became a servant at forced labor.

16 ²⁴"Dan shall ²⁵judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan ²⁶shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward.

18 I ²⁷wait for your salvation, O LORD.

19 ²⁸"Raiders shall raid ²⁹Gad,^c but he shall raid at their heels.

20 ³⁰"Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies.

21 ³¹"Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears beautiful fawns.^d

22 "Joseph is ³²a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.^e

23 The archers ³³bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely,

24 yet ³⁴his bow remained unmoved; his arms^f were made agile by the hands of the ³⁵Mighty One of Jacob (from there is ³⁶the Shepherd,^g³⁷the Stone of Israel),

25 ³⁸by the God of your father who will help you, by ³⁹the Almighty^h⁴⁰who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties ⁴¹of the everlasting hills.ⁱ May they be ⁴²on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

27 ⁴³"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening ⁴⁴dividing the spoil."

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Gênesis 49:1 Depois chamou Jacó a seus filhos, e disse: Ajuntai-vos para que eu vos anuncie o que vos há de acontecer nos dias vindouros.

King James Version KJV

Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

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Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:

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Gênesis 49:1 Então Jacó chamou seus filhos e disse: “Ajuntem-se a meu lado para que eu lhes diga o que lhes acontecerá nos dias que virão.

Genesis 49:1-27 ESV