Genesis 49

1 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

And Jacob calls to his sons and says, “Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which happens with you in the latter end of the days.

2 to gather and to hear: hear son: child Jacob and to hear: hear to(wards) Israel father your

Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And listen to your father Israel.

3 Reuben firstborn my you(m. s.) strength my and first: beginning strength my remainder elevation and remainder strong

Reuben! You [are] my firstborn, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

4 recklessness like/as water not to remain for to ascend: rise bed father your then to profane/begin: profane bed my to ascend: rise

Unstable as water, you are not abundant; For you have gone up your father’s bed; Then you have defiled [it]: He went up my couch!

5 Simeon and Levi brother: male-sibling article/utensil violence sword their

Simeon and Levi [are] brothers! Instruments of violence—their espousals!

6 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

Into their secret, do not come, O my soul! Do not be united to their assembly, O my glory; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.

7 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

Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

8 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

Judah! Your brothers praise you! Your hand [is] on the neck of your enemies, Sons of your father bow themselves to you.

9 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

A lion’s whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, you have gone up; He has bent, he has crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causes him to arise?

10 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

The scepter does not turn aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Until his Seed comes; And His [is] the obedience of peoples.

11 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)*)

Binding to the vine his donkey, And to the choice vine the colt of his donkey, He has washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;

12 dull eye from wine and white tooth from milk

Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk!

13 Zebulun to/for coast sea to dwell and he/she/it to/for coast fleet and flank his upon Sidon

Zebulun dwells at a haven of the seas, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] to Sidon.

14 Issachar donkey bone to stretch between [the] sheepfold

Issachar [is] a strong donkey, Crouching between the two folds;

15 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

And he sees rest, that [it is] good, And the land, that [it is] pleasant, And he inclines his shoulder to bear, And is a servant for tribute.

16 Dan to judge people his like/as one tribe Israel

Dan judges his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;

17 to be Dan serpent upon way: journey horned viper upon way [the] to bite heel horse and to fall: fall to ride his back

Dan is a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, Which is biting the horse’s heels, And its rider falls backward.

18 to/for salvation your to await LORD

For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!

19 Gad band to raid him and he/she/it to raid heel

Gad! A troop assaults him, But he assaults last.

20 from Asher rich food his and he/she/it to give: give delicacy king

Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he gives delicacies of a king.

21 Naphtali doe to send: let go [the] to give: give word beauty

Naphtali [is] a doe sent away, Who is giving beautiful young ones.

22 son: young animal be fruitful Joseph son: young animal be fruitful upon spring daughter to march upon wall

Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;

23 and to provoke him and to multiply ten thousand and to hate him master: [master of] arrow

And embitter him indeed, they have striven, Indeed, archers hate him;

24 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

And his bow abides in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From where is a shepherd, a son of Israel.

25 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

By the God of your father who helps you, And the Mighty One who blesses you, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb—

26 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

Your father’s blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, To the limit of the perpetual heights They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brothers.

27 Benjamin wolf to tear in/on/with morning to eat prey and to/for evening to divide spoil

Benjamin! A wolf tears; In the morning he eats prey, And at evening he apportions spoil.”

28 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

All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father has spoken to them, and he blesses them; each according to his blessing he has blessed them.

29 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

And he commands them and says to them, “I am being gathered to my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

30 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

in the cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;

31 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

(there they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah);

32 livestock [the] land: country and [the] cave which in/on/with him from with son: descendant/people Heth

the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from sons of Heth.”

33 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

And Jacob finishes commanding his sons, and gathers up his feet to the bed, and expires, and is gathered to his people.