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Genesis 49

Israel's Prophecy concerning His Sons

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Then Jacobh3290 summonedh7121 his sonsh1121 and saidh559, "Assembleh622 yourselves that I may tellh5046 you whath834 will befallh7122 you  ain the  1daysh3117 to comeh319.

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"Gatherh6908 together and hearh8085, O sonsh1121 of Jacobh3290; And  alistenh8085 to Israelh3478 your fatherh1.

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"Reubenh7205, you are my firstbornh1060; My mighth3581b and  athe beginningh7225 of my strengthh202,  1Preeminenth3499a in dignityh7613 and  1preeminenth3499a in powerh5794.

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1Uncontrolledh6349 as waterh4325, you shall not haveh3498 preeminenceh3498,  aBecauseh3588 you wenth5927 up to your father'sh1 bedh4904; Thenh227 you defiledh2490c it --he wenth5927 up to my couchh3326.

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aSimeonh8095 and Levih3878 are brothersh251; Their swordsh4380 are implementsh3627 of violenceh2555.

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aLet my soulh5315 not enterh935 into their councilh5475; Let not my gloryh3519b be unitedh3161 with their assemblyh6951; Becauseh3588 in their angerh639 they slewh2026  1menh376, And in their self-willh7522 they lamedh6136b  2oxenh7794.

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"Cursedh779 be their angerh639, for it is fierceh5794; And their wrathh5678, for it is cruelh7185.  aI will  1disperseh2505a them in Jacobh3290, And scatterh6327a them in Israelh3478.

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"Judahh3063, your brothersh251 shall praiseh3034 you; Your handh3027 shall be on the neckh6203 of your enemiesh340;  aYour father'sh1 sonsh1121 shall bowh7812 downh7812 to you.

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"Judahh3063 is a  alion'sh743b whelph1482; From the preyh2964, my sonh1121, you have goneh5927 up.  bHe  1couchesh3766, he liesh7257 downh7257 as a lionh743b, And as a  2lionh3833b, whoh4310  3dares rouseh6965 him up?

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aThe scepterh7626 shall not departh5493 from Judahh3063, Norh3808 the ruler'sh2710 staffh2710 from betweenh996 his feeth7272,  1Untilh5704h3588 Shilohh7886 comesh935, And  bto him shall be the obedienceh3349 of the peoplesh5971a.

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1 aHe tiesh631 his foalh5895 to the vineh1612, And his donkey'sh860 colth1121 to the choiceh8321b vineh8321b;  bHe washesh3526 his garmentsh3830 in wineh3196, And his robesh5497 in the bloodh1818 of grapesh6025.

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"His eyesh5869 are  1dullh2447 from wineh3196, And his teethh8127  2whiteh3836 from milkh2461.

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aZebulunh2074 will dwellh7931 at the seashoreh3220h2348; And he shall be  1a havenh2348 for shipsh591, And his flankh3411 shall be towardh5921 Sidonh6721.

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"Issacharh3485 is  1a strongh1634 donkeyh2543,  aLyingh7257 downh7257 betweenh996 the  2sheepfoldsh4942.

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"When he sawh7200 that a restingh4496 placeh4496 was goodh2896a And that the landh776 was pleasanth5276, He bowedh5186 his shoulderh7926 to bearh5445 burdens, And becameh1961 a slaveh5647 at forcedh4522 laborh4522.

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aDanh1835 shall  bjudgeh1777 his peopleh5971a, As oneh259 of the tribesh7626 of Israelh3478.

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"Danh1835 shall be a serpenth5175 in the wayh1870, A hornedh8207 snakeh8207 in the pathh734, That bitesh5391a the horse'sh5483b heelsh6119, So that his riderh7392 fallsh5307 backwardh268.

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aFor Your salvationh3444 I waith6960a, O LORDh3068.

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aAs for Gadh1410,  1raidersh1416 shall raidh1464 him, But he will raidh1464 at their  2heelsh6119.

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1 aAs for  bAsherh836, his  2foodh3899 shall be  3richh8082a, And he will yieldh5414 royalh4428 daintiesh4574.

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aNaphtalih5321 is a doeh355 leth7971 looseh7971, He givesh5414 beautifulh8233 wordsh561.

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aJosephh3130 is a fruitfulh6509  1boughh1121, A fruitfulh6509  1boughh1121 by a springh5869; Its  2branchesh1323 runh6805 overh5921 a wallh7791.

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"The archersh1167h2671 bitterlyh4843 attacked him, And shoth7232b at him and harassedh7852 him;

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But his  abowh7198 remainedh3427  1firmh386, And  2 bhis armsh2220 were agileh6339, From the handsh3027 of the  cMightyh46 Oneh46 of Jacobh3290 (From thereh8033 is  dthe Shepherdh7462a,  ethe Stoneh68 of Israelh3478),

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From  athe Godh410 of your fatherh1 who helpsh5826 you, And  1 bby the  2Almightyh7706b who blessesh1288 you With  cblessingsh1293 of heavenh8064 aboveh4480h5921, Blessingsh1293 of the deeph8415 that liesh7257 beneathh8478, Blessingsh1293 of the breastsh7699a and of the wombh7358.

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"The blessingsh1293 of your fatherh1 Have surpassedh1396 the blessingsh1293 of my ancestorsh2029 Up to the  1utmosth8379 boundh8379 of  athe everlastingh5769 hillsh1389; May they be on the headh7218 of Josephh3130, And on the crownh6936 of the headh6936 of the oneh5139 distinguishedh5139 among his brothersh251.

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"Benjaminh1144 is a  1ravenoush2963 wolfh2061; In the morningh1242 he devoursh398 the preyh5706, And in the eveningh6153 he dividesh2505a the spoilh7998."

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Allh3605 theseh428 are the twelveh8147h6240 tribesh7626 of Israelh3478, and thish2088 is whath834 their fatherh1 saidh1696 to them  1when he blessedh1288 them. He blessedh1288 them, everyh376 oneh376  2with the blessingh1293 appropriate to him.

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Then he chargedh6680 them and saidh559 to them, "I am about to be  agatheredh622 to my peopleh5971b;  bburyh6912 me with my fathersh1 in the caveh4631 that is in  cthe fieldh7704 of Ephronh6085 the Hittiteh2850,

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in the  acaveh4631 that is in the fieldh7704 of Machpelahh4375, whichh834 is beforeh5921h6440 Mamreh4471, in the landh776 of Canaanh3667a, whichh834 Abrahamh85 boughth7069 along with the fieldh7704 from Ephronh6085 the Hittiteh2850 for a  1burialh6913 siteh272.

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"Thereh8033 they buriedh6912  aAbrahamh85 and his wifeh802  bSarahh8283, thereh8033 they buriedh6912  cIsaach3327 and his wifeh802 Rebekahh7259, and thereh8033 I buriedh6912 Leahh3812--

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the fieldh7704 and the caveh4631 that is in it, purchasedh4735 from the sonsh1121 of Hethh2845."

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When Jacobh3290 finishedh3615 chargingh6680 his sonsh1121, he drewh622 his feeth7272 into the bedh4296 and  abreathedh1478 his lasth1478, and was  bgatheredh622 to his peopleh5971b.



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