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World English Bible

Genesis 49 (WEBP)

[1] Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
[2] Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
[3] “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
[4] Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
[5] “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
[6] My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
[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.
[8] “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
[9] Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
[10] The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
[11] Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
[12] His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
[13] “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
[14] “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
[15] He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
[16] “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
[17] Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
[18] I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
[19] “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
[20] “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
[21] “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
[22] “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
[23] The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
[24] But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
[25] even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
[26] The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
[27] “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
[28] All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.
[29] He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
[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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
[31] There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
[32] the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
[33] When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 49 (KJVS)

[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.
[2] Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
[3] Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
[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.
[5] Simeon and Levi are brethren; Instruments of cruelty are in their 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.
[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.
[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.
[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?
[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.
[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:
[12] His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
[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.
[14] Issachar is a strong ass Couching down between two 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.
[16] Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
[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.
[18] I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
[19] Gad, a troop shall overcome him: But he shall overcome at the last.
[20] Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
[21] Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
[22] Joseph is a fruitful bough, Even a fruitful bough by a well; Whose branches run over the wall:
[23] The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and 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:)
[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:
[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.
[27] Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil.
[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.
[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,
[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.
[31] There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
[32] The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
[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.

Genesis 49:4 Or, my couch is gone
Genesis 49:5 Or, their swords are weapons of violence
Genesis 49:6 Or houghed oxen
Genesis 49:17 Heb. an arrow snake
Genesis 49:22 Heb. daughters

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 49 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐκάλεσεν () δὲ () Ιακωβ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Συνάχθητε, () ἵνα () ἀναγγείλω () ὑμῖν, () τί () ἀπαντήσει () ὑμῖν () ἐπ’ () ἐσχάτων () τῶν () ἡμερῶν· ()
[2] ἀθροίσθητε καὶ () ἀκούσατε, () υἱοὶ () Ιακωβ, () ἀκούσατε () Ισραηλ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[3] Ρουβην, () πρωτότοκός () μου () σύ, () ἰσχύς () μου () καὶ () ἀρχὴ () τέκνων () μου, () σκληρὸς () φέρεσθαι () καὶ () σκληρὸς () αὐθάδης. ()
[4] Ἐξύβρισας ὡς () ὕδωρ, () μὴ () ἐκζέσῃς· ἀνέβης () γὰρ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κοίτην () τοῦ () πατρός () σου· () τότε () ἐμίανας () τὴν () στρωμνήν, οὗ () ἀνέβης. ()
[5] Συμεων () καὶ () Λευι () ἀδελφοί· () συνετέλεσαν () ἀδικίαν () ἐξ () αἱρέσεως () αὐτῶν. ()
[6] Εἰς () βουλὴν () αὐτῶν () μὴ () ἔλθοι () ἡ () ψυχή () μου, () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τῇ () συστάσει αὐτῶν () μὴ () ἐρείσαι () τὰ () ἥπατά μου, () ὅτι () ἐν () τῷ () θυμῷ () αὐτῶν () ἀπέκτειναν () ἀνθρώπους () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐπιθυμίᾳ () αὐτῶν () ἐνευροκόπησαν ταῦρον. ()
[7] Ἐπικατάρατος () ὁ () θυμὸς () αὐτῶν, () ὅτι () αὐθάδης, () καὶ () ἡ () μῆνις αὐτῶν, () ὅτι () ἐσκληρύνθη· () διαμεριῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () Ιακωβ () καὶ () διασπερῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () Ισραηλ. ()
[8] Ιουδα, σὲ () αἰνέσαισαν () οἱ () ἀδελφοί () σου· () αἱ () χεῖρές () σου () ἐπὶ () νώτου () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () σου· () προσκυνήσουσίν () σοι () οἱ () υἱοὶ () τοῦ () πατρός () σου. ()
[9] Σκύμνος λέοντος () Ιουδα· ἐκ () βλαστοῦ, υἱέ () μου, () ἀνέβης· () ἀναπεσὼν () ἐκοιμήθης () ὡς () λέων () καὶ () ὡς () σκύμνος· τίς () ἐγερεῖ () αὐτόν; ()
[10] Οὐκ () ἐκλείψει () ἄρχων () ἐξ () Ιουδα καὶ () ἡγούμενος () ἐκ () τῶν () μηρῶν () αὐτοῦ, () ἕως () ἂν () ἔλθῃ () τὰ () ἀποκείμενα () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () προσδοκία () ἐθνῶν. ()
[11] Δεσμεύων () πρὸς () ἄμπελον () τὸν () πῶλον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τῇ () ἕλικι τὸν () πῶλον () τῆς () ὄνου () αὐτοῦ· () πλυνεῖ () ἐν () οἴνῳ () τὴν () στολὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐν () αἵματι () σταφυλῆς () τὴν () περιβολὴν αὐτοῦ· ()
[12] χαροποὶ οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () οἴνου, () καὶ () λευκοὶ () οἱ () ὀδόντες () αὐτοῦ () ἢ () γάλα. ()
[13] Ζαβουλων () παράλιος () κατοικήσει, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () παρ’ () ὅρμον πλοίων, () καὶ () παρατενεῖ () ἕως () Σιδῶνος. ()
[14] Ισσαχαρ τὸ () καλὸν () ἐπεθύμησεν () ἀναπαυόμενος () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () κλήρων· ()
[15] καὶ () ἰδὼν () τὴν () ἀνάπαυσιν () ὅτι () καλή, καὶ () τὴν () γῆν () ὅτι () πίων, ὑπέθηκεν () τὸν () ὦμον () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὸ () πονεῖν καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἀνὴρ () γεωργός. ()
[16] Δαν κρινεῖ () τὸν () ἑαυτοῦ () λαὸν () ὡσεὶ () καὶ () μία () φυλὴ () ἐν () Ισραηλ. ()
[17] Καὶ () γενηθήτω () Δαν ὄφις () ἐφ’ () ὁδοῦ () ἐγκαθήμενος ἐπὶ () τρίβου, () δάκνων () πτέρναν () ἵππου, () καὶ () πεσεῖται () ὁ () ἱππεὺς () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω. ()
[18] Τὴν () σωτηρίαν () περιμένω () κυρίου. ()
[19] Γαδ, () πειρατήριον πειρατεύσει αὐτόν, () αὐτὸς () δὲ () πειρατεύσει αὐτῶν () κατὰ () πόδας. ()
[20] Ασηρ, () πίων αὐτοῦ () ὁ () ἄρτος, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () δώσει () τρυφὴν () ἄρχουσιν. ()
[21] Νεφθαλι () στέλεχος ἀνειμένον, () ἐπιδιδοὺς () ἐν () τῷ () γενήματι () κάλλος.
[22] Υἱὸς () ηὐξημένος () Ιωσηφ, () υἱὸς () ηὐξημένος () ζηλωτός, υἱός () μου () νεώτατος· () πρός () με () ἀνάστρεψον. ()
[23] Εἰς () ὃν () διαβουλευόμενοι ἐλοιδόρουν, () καὶ () ἐνεῖχον () αὐτῷ () κύριοι () τοξευμάτων·
[24] καὶ () συνετρίβη () μετὰ () κράτους () τὰ () τόξα () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐξελύθη () τὰ () νεῦρα βραχιόνων () χειρῶν () αὐτῶν () διὰ () χεῖρα () δυνάστου () Ιακωβ, () ἐκεῖθεν () ὁ () κατισχύσας () Ισραηλ· ()
[25] παρὰ () θεοῦ () τοῦ () πατρός () σου, () καὶ () ἐβοήθησέν () σοι () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () ἐμὸς () καὶ () εὐλόγησέν () σε () εὐλογίαν () οὐρανοῦ () ἄνωθεν () καὶ () εὐλογίαν () γῆς () ἐχούσης () πάντα· () ἕνεκεν () εὐλογίας () μαστῶν () καὶ () μήτρας, ()
[26] εὐλογίας () πατρός () σου () καὶ () μητρός () σου· () ὑπερίσχυσεν ἐπ’ () εὐλογίαις () ὀρέων () μονίμων καὶ () ἐπ’ () εὐλογίαις () θινῶν ἀενάων· ἔσονται () ἐπὶ () κεφαλὴν () Ιωσηφ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () κορυφῆς ὧν () ἡγήσατο () ἀδελφῶν. ()
[27] Βενιαμιν () λύκος () ἅρπαξ· () τὸ () πρωινὸν () ἔδεται ἔτι () καὶ () εἰς () τὸ () ἑσπέρας () διαδώσει () τροφήν. ()
[28] Πάντες () οὗτοι () υἱοὶ () Ιακωβ () δώδεκα, () καὶ () ταῦτα () ἐλάλησεν () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () εὐλόγησεν () αὐτούς, () ἕκαστον () κατὰ () τὴν () εὐλογίαν () αὐτοῦ () εὐλόγησεν () αὐτούς. ()
[29] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς () Ἐγὼ () προστίθεμαι () πρὸς () τὸν () ἐμὸν () λαόν· () θάψατέ () με () μετὰ () τῶν () πατέρων () μου () ἐν () τῷ () σπηλαίῳ, () ὅ () ἐστιν () ἐν () τῷ () ἀγρῷ () Εφρων τοῦ () Χετταίου,
[30] ἐν () τῷ () σπηλαίῳ () τῷ () διπλῷ () τῷ () ἀπέναντι () Μαμβρη ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () Χανααν, () ὃ () ἐκτήσατο () Αβρααμ () τὸ () σπήλαιον () παρὰ () Εφρων τοῦ () Χετταίου ἐν () κτήσει μνημείου· ()
[31] ἐκεῖ () ἔθαψαν () Αβρααμ () καὶ () Σαρραν () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ, () ἐκεῖ () ἔθαψαν () Ισαακ () καὶ () Ρεβεκκαν () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ἔθαψα () Λειαν
[32] ἐν () κτήσει τοῦ () ἀγροῦ () καὶ () τοῦ () σπηλαίου () τοῦ () ὄντος () ἐν () αὐτῷ () παρὰ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Χετ.
[33] Καὶ () κατέπαυσεν () Ιακωβ () ἐπιτάσσων () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐξάρας () τοὺς () πόδας () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κλίνην () ἐξέλιπεν () καὶ () προσετέθη () πρὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.