Genesis_Chapter 49
Jacob called his sons and said, ‘Gather yourselves together so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the future.’.
Gather together, sons of Jacob, and listen to the words of your father Israel.
Reuben, you are my eldest son, born when I was strong in strength. You should have great honor and power beyond all.
But if you indulge your desires and boil like water, you will not be able to come first. Because you got into your father’s bed and defiled my bed.
Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are cruel tools.
My spirit, do not conspire with them. My heart, don’t keep in touch with them. Because they took advantage of their anger to kill people and arbitrarily cut off the large tendons of cow legs.
Their anger is fierce and cursed. Their hatred is cruel and cursed. I will divide them into Jacob’s house and scatter them in the land of Israel.
Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will pinch the enemy’s neck. Your father’s sons will bow down to you.
Judas is a little lion. My son, you grab food and go up. You bend down and lie down like a male lion, crouching like a female lion. Who dares to provoke you.
Gui will not leave Judah, and the staff will not leave between his feet, until Selah (the one who gives peace) comes, and all the people will submit.
Judah tied his little donkey to a vine, and his donkey foal to a beautiful vine. He washed his clothes in wine and his robe in grape juice.
His eyes will be red with wine. His teeth will shine with milky white.
Zebulun will dwell at the sea mouth and become a resting place for ships. His realm will extend to Sidon.
Issachar is a strong donkey lying in a sheepfold.
He regards tranquility as the best and fertile land as the most beautiful, so he lowers his shoulders and shoulders, becoming a servant who endures hardship.
But he will judge his people and be one of the tribes of Israel.
But it will be a snake on the way, a cobra on the way, biting the hooves of horses, causing the rider to fall behind.
O Lord, I have always waited for your salvation.
Gad will be pursued by the enemy, but he will pursue their heels.
The land of Asher will produce fertile food and the delicacies of kings.
Naphtali is a released mother deer. He spoke beautiful words.
Joseph is a fruitful branch, a fruitful branch by the spring. His branches protrude outside the wall.
The archers tormented him, shooting arrows at him and persecuting him.
But his bow is still hard. His hands are strong and agile. This is because the Shepherd of Israel, the Rock of Israel, is the Mighty One of Jacob.
Your father’s God will help you. The Almighty will give you all the blessings in heaven, the blessings hidden in the earth, and the blessings of giving birth and nurturing.
The blessings that your father blessed are greater than the blessings that my ancestors blessed, like eternal mountains and the utmost borders. These blessings will come on Joseph’s head, on the heads of those who are separated from their brothers.
Benjamin is a ravening wolf. In the morning, he will eat what he has captured, and in the evening, he will divide what he has taken.
All of these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is also what their father said to them, the blessings he blessed them, according to each person’s blessings.
He also charged them, saying, I will be gathered with my people, and you shall bury me in a cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, with my father and my father,
It is the cave in the field of Maibelah in front of Manri in Canaan. The cave and field were bought by Abraham from Ephron the Hittite as an inheritance for a burial ground.
They buried Abraham and his wife Sarah there, and Isaac and his wife Rebekah there. I also buried Leah there.
That field and its holes were originally bought from the Hittites.
After Jacob instructed his sons to finish, he put his feet on the bed, breathed no more, and died, returning to his ancestors.
