Genesis 49
1 Then called Jacob unto his sons, —and said—Gather yourselves together, and let me tell you, that which shall befall you in the afterpart of the 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 hearken unto Israel your father!
to gather and to hear: hear son: child Jacob and to hear: hear to(wards) Israel father your
3 Reuben, my first-born, thou, My vigour, and the first-fruit of my strength, —Pre-eminence of elevation and pre-eminence of power:
Reuben firstborn my you(m. s.) strength my and first: beginning strength my remainder elevation and remainder strong
4 Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have pre-eminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father, —Then, wast thou profane—My marriage-bed, he mounted!
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, are their agreements:
Simeon and Levi brother: male-sibling article/utensil violence sword their
6 Into their circle, do not thou enter my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join mine honour! For in their anger, they slew brave men, And in their wantonness, they ham-strung 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 Accursed, be their anger, because fierce, And their wrath because cruel, —I divide them in Jacob, And I disperse 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 for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee when thy hand is on the neck of thy foes, —The sons of thy father, shall bow them-selves 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 A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son hast thou come up! He hath stooped—hath crouched As a lion—or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?
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 shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet, —Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the 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 Binding, to the vine, his ass, And to the choice vine his ass’s colt, He hath washed in wine his raiment, And in the blood of grapes, his mantle:
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 Darker—his eyes, than wine, —Whiter—his teeth than milk!
dull eye from wine and white tooth from milk
13 Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down, —Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part upon Zidon.
Zebulun to/for coast sea to dwell and he/she/it to/for coast fleet and flank his upon Sidon
14 Issachar, an ass of strength, —couching between the pens;
Issachar donkey bone to stretch between [the] sheepfold
15 Then beholdeth he rest, that it is good, And the ground that it is pleasant, —So he bendeth his shoulder to bear, And becometh 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, shall vindicate his people, —as one of the tribes of Israel;
Dan to judge people his like/as one tribe Israel
17 It cometh to pass that, Dan, is a serpent upon the way, A horned viper, upon the path, —That biteth the heels of the horse, And his 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 For thy salvation, have I waited O Yahweh!
to/for salvation your to await LORD
19 Gad! a troop shall troop on him, —But, he, shall troop on the rear.
Gad band to raid him and he/she/it to raid heel
20 Out of Asher, fatness, is his food, —So, he, setteth forth dainties for a king.
from Asher rich food his and he/she/it to give: give delicacy king
21 Naphtali, is a slender hind, —That putteth forth antlers of beauty.
Naphtali doe to send: let go [the] to give: give word beauty
22 A fruitful bough, is Joseph, A fruitful bough over a fountain, —Branches creeping over a wall.
son: young animal be fruitful Joseph son: young animal be fruitful upon spring daughter to march upon wall
23 So they attack him and have shot, —So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows.
and to provoke him and to multiply ten thousand and to hate him master: [master of] arrow
24 But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands, —From 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 who doth help thee And GOD Almighty who doth bless thee, Blessings of the heavens, above, Blessings of the abyss, couching beneath, —Blessings of breasts and 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, have prevailed, Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age-abiding hills, —They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head of him who was set apart 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 a wolf that teareth in pieces, In the morning, he eateth prey, And at eventide, he divideth spoil.
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 that which their father spake to them when he blessed them, Each man severally according to the blessing wherewith 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 Then commanded he them and said unto them—I, am about to be gathered unto my people, Bury me among my fathers, —within 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 over against Mamre, in the land of Canaan, —which Abraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace: —
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, buried they Abraham, and Sarah his wife, There, buried they Isaac, and Rebekah his wife, —And there, buried I 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 buying the field and the cave that is therein, from the sons of Heth.
livestock [the] land: country and [the] cave which in/on/with him from with son: descendant/people Heth
33 So Jacob made an end of commanding his sons, and gathered up his feet into the couch, —and ceased to breathe and was gathered unto his people.
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
