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.

<>Jacob, <>sons, <>Gather yourselves together, <>in the last days

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

<>hear, <>hearken unto … your father, <>Israel

3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

<>vv. 3-4, <>Reuben, <>firstborn, <>might

4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

<>vv. 3-4, <>Unstable, <>couch

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

<>Simeon, <>Levi, <>instruments, <>habitations

6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

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7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

<>Cursed be their anger, <>their anger … was … fierce; and their wrath … was cruel, <>I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

<>Judah, <>children

9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

<>Judah is a lion's whelp

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

<>The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, <>Shiloh, <>unto him shall the gathering of the people be

11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

<>the vine … the choice vine, <>washed … his clothes in the blood, <>garments, <>the blood of grapes

12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

<>His eyes shall be red with wine

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

<>Zebulun, <>border

14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

<>Issachar, <>burdens

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

<>the land … was pleasant, <>a servant, <>tribute

16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

<>Dan, <>shall judge his people

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

<>v. 17, <>by the way

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

<>v. 18, <>salvation

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

<>Gad, <>he shall overcome at the last

20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

<>Asher, <>bread, <>fat, <>royal dainties

21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

<>Naphtali, <>he giveth goodly words

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

<>vv. 22-24, <>Joseph, <>a fruitful bough … whose branches run over the wall

23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

<>vv. 22-24, <>vv. 23-25, <>hated him

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

<>vv. 22-24, <>vv. 23-25, <>the mighty God, <>the shepherd, <>the stone of Israel, <>stone

25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

<>vv. 23-25, <>the God of thy father, <>blessings of heaven above

26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

<>The blessings … have prevailed … unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills, <>the everlasting hills

27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

<>Benjamin, <>shall ravin as a wolf, <>shall ravin … shall devour the prey, <>ravin

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

<>every one according to his blessing he blessed them

29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

<>he charged them, <>I am to be gathered unto my people, <>bury me

30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

<>Abraham, <>for a possession

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

<>his wife … his wife, <>wife … wife, <>Isaac

32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

<>purchase

33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

<>made an end of commanding, <>made an end, <>yielded up the ghost