Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.
and to call: call to Jacob to(wards) son: child his and to say to gather and to tell to/for you [obj] which to encounter: chanced [obj] you in/on/with end [the] day
2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.
to gather and to hear: hear son: child Jacob and to hear: hear to(wards) Israel father your
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.
Reuben firstborn my you(m. s.) strength my and first: beginning strength my remainder elevation and remainder strong
4 Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my bed.
recklessness like/as water not to remain for to ascend: rise bed father your then to profane/begin: profane bed my to ascend: rise
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.
Simeon and Levi brother: male-sibling article/utensil violence sword their
6 My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.
in/on/with counsel their not to come (in): come soul my in/on/with assembly their not be joined glory my for in/on/with face: anger their to kill man and in/on/with acceptance their to hamstring cattle
7 Cursed be their anger, for it [was] violent; And their rage, for it [was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
to curse face: anger their for strong and fury their for to harden to divide them in/on/with Jacob and to scatter them in/on/with Israel
8 Judah — [as to] thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.
Judah you(m. s.) to give thanks you brother: male-sibling your hand your in/on/with neck enemy your to bow to/for you son: child father your
9 Judah is a young lion; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stoopeth, he layeth himself down as a lion, And as a lioness: who will rouse him up?
whelp lion Judah from prey son: child my to ascend: rise to bow to stretch like/as lion and like/as lion who? to arise: rise him
10 The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.
not to turn aside: depart tribe: staff from Judah and to decree from between foot his till for to come (in): come (`tribute` *Q(k)*) and to/for him obedience people
11 He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass's colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment in the blood of grapes.
to bind to/for vine (colt his *Q(K)*) and to/for vine son: young animal she-ass his to wash in/on/with wine clothing his and in/on/with blood grape (vesture his *Q(K)*)
12 The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth [are] white with milk.
dull eye from wine and white tooth from milk
13 Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; Yea, he will be at the shore of the ships, And his side [toucheth] upon Sidon.
Zebulun to/for coast sea to dwell and he/she/it to/for coast fleet and flank his upon Sidon
14 Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.
Issachar donkey bone to stretch between [the] sheepfold
15 And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.
and to see: see resting for be pleasing and [obj] [the] land: country/planet for be pleasant and to stretch shoulder his to/for to bear and to be to/for taskworker to serve
16 Dan will judge his people, As another of the tribes of Israel.
Dan to judge people his like/as one tribe Israel
17 Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.
to be Dan serpent upon way: journey horned viper upon way [the] to bite heel horse and to fall: fall to ride his back
18 I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
to/for salvation your to await LORD
19 Gad — troops will rush upon him; But he will rush upon the heel.
Gad band to raid him and he/she/it to raid heel
20 Out of Asher, his bread shall be fat, And he will give royal dainties.
from Asher rich food his and he/she/it to give: give delicacy king
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose; He giveth goodly words.
Naphtali doe to send: let go [the] to give: give word beauty
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.
son: young animal be fruitful Joseph son: young animal be fruitful upon spring daughter to march upon wall
23 The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;
and to provoke him and to multiply ten thousand and to hate him master: [master of] arrow
24 But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:
and to dwell in/on/with strong bow his and be agile arm hand his from hand mighty Jacob from there to pasture stone Israel
25 From the God of thy father, and he will help thee; And from the Almighty, and he will bless thee — With blessings of heaven from above, With blessings of the deep that lieth under, With blessings of the breast and of the womb.
from God father your and to help you and [obj] Almighty and to bless you blessing heaven from upon blessing abyss to stretch underneath: under blessing breast and womb
26 The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
blessing father your to prevail upon blessing to conceive me till boundary hill forever: enduring to be to/for head Joseph and to/for crown Nazirite brother: male-sibling his
27 Benjamin — [as] a wolf will he tear to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty.
Benjamin wolf to tear in/on/with morning to eat prey and to/for evening to divide spoil
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
all these tribe Israel two ten and this which to speak: speak to/for them father their and to bless [obj] them man: anyone which like/as blessing his to bless [obj] them
29 And he charged them, and said to them, I am gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
and to command [obj] them and to say to(wards) them I to gather to(wards) kinsman my to bury [obj] me to(wards) father my to(wards) [the] cave which in/on/with land: country Ephron [the] Hittite
30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is opposite to Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite along with the field for a possession of a sepulchre.
in/on/with cave which in/on/with land: country [the] Machpelah which upon face: east Mamre in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan which to buy Abraham [obj] [the] land: country from with Ephron [the] Hittite to/for possession grave
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife; and there I buried Leah.
there [to] to bury [obj] Abraham and [obj] Sarah woman: wife his there [to] to bury [obj] Isaac and [obj] Rebekah woman: wife his and there [to] to bury [obj] Leah
32 The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is in it, was from the children of Heth.
livestock [the] land: country and [the] cave which in/on/with him from with son: descendant/people Heth
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.
and to end: finish Jacob to/for to command [obj] son: child his and to gather foot his to(wards) [the] bed and to die and to gather to(wards) kinsman his
