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¹ Jacob called all his sons together and gathered them around his bedside. He said to them, “Let me prophesy to you about your future destinies:[1]

² “Come together and listen to me, O sons of Jacob,

³ “Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength

⁴ You are unstable—as turbulent as floodwaters;

⁵ “Simeon and Levi, you are two of a kind and brothers in crime,

⁶ O my soul, let me not join in their secret plans.[5]

⁷ Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,

⁸ “O Judah, your brothers will praise you.[8]

⁹ Judah, my son, you are like a young lion

¹⁰ The scepter of rulership will not be taken from Judah,

¹¹ He will tether his donkey to the vine

¹² His eyes are more exhilarating than wine[13]

¹³ “Zebulun[15] will settle along the seashore

¹⁴ “Issachar is a strong donkey[17]

¹⁵ When he sees that his resting place is good,

¹⁶ “Dan will provide justice[21] for his people

¹⁷ Dan will be a snake waiting by the roadside,

¹⁸ “I wait in hope for your salvation, O Yahweh![23]

¹⁹ “Gad will be raided by raiders,

²⁰ “Asher’s food will be rich,

²¹ “Naphtali is a doe set free,[26]

²² “Joseph is a fruitful vine,

²³ Persecutors[31] fiercely attacked him;

²⁴ But Joseph’s bow remained steady,

²⁵ The God of your father will help and protect you;

²⁶ The blessings of your father will be greater

²⁷ “Benjamin is a ferocious wolf.[37]

²⁸ All these men became the twelve tribes of Israel.[39] These were prophetic words their father spoke to them when he blessed them, blessing each son with a parting word appropriate to him.

²⁹ Afterward, Jacob sat on the side of his bed and instructed his sons with these words: “I am about to join my people in death. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave of the field of Ephron the Hittite—

³⁰ the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. My grandfather Abraham purchased that field as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

³¹ My grandfather Abraham and my grandmother Sarah are buried there. My father Isaac and my mother Rebekah were buried there also. And it is the place I buried my wife Leah.

³² So, bury me there, in that cave, in the field that was purchased from the Hittites.”

³³ When Jacob finished his final words of instruction to his sons, he lifted his feet onto the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

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1	Jacob called all his sons together and gathered them around his bedside. He said to them, “Let me prophesy to you about your future destinies:[1]
2	“Come together and listen to me, O sons of Jacob,
3	“Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength
4	You are unstable—as turbulent as floodwaters;
5	“Simeon and Levi, you are two of a kind and brothers in crime,
6	O my soul, let me not join in their secret plans.[5]
7	Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
8	“O Judah, your brothers will praise you.[8]
9	Judah, my son, you are like a young lion
10	The scepter of rulership will not be taken from Judah,
11	He will tether his donkey to the vine
12	His eyes are more exhilarating than wine[13]
13	“Zebulun[15] will settle along the seashore
14	“Issachar is a strong donkey[17]
15	When he sees that his resting place is good,
16	“Dan will provide justice[21] for his people
17	Dan will be a snake waiting by the roadside,
18	“I wait in hope for your salvation, O Yahweh![23]
19	“Gad will be raided by raiders,
20	“Asher’s food will be rich,
21	“Naphtali is a doe set free,[26]
22	“Joseph is a fruitful vine,
23	Persecutors[31] fiercely attacked him;
24	But Joseph’s bow remained steady,
25	The God of your father will help and protect you;
26	The blessings of your father will be greater
27	“Benjamin is a ferocious wolf.[37]
28	All these men became the twelve tribes of Israel.[39] These were prophetic words their father spoke to them when he blessed them, blessing each son with a parting word appropriate to him.
29	Afterward, Jacob sat on the side of his bed and instructed his sons with these words: “I am about to join my people in death. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave of the field of Ephron the Hittite—
30	the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. My grandfather Abraham purchased that field as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
31	My grandfather Abraham and my grandmother Sarah are buried there. My father Isaac and my mother Rebekah were buried there also. And it is the place I buried my wife Leah.
32	So, bury me there, in that cave, in the field that was purchased from the Hittites.”
33	When Jacob finished his final words of instruction to his sons, he lifted his feet onto the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

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