Genesis 49

1 Then Jacob called for his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what will happen to you in the future.

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 listen, you sons of Jacob. 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, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, and outstanding in power.

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

4 Uncontrollable as rushing water, you will not have the preeminence, because you went up to your father's bed. Then you defiled it; you went up to my couch.

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 brothers. Weapons of violence are their swords.

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

6 O my soul, do not come into their council; do not join in their meetings, for my heart has too much honor for that. For in their anger they killed men. It was for pleasure that they hamstrung 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 May their anger be cursed, for it was fierce—and their fury, 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, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.

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 lion's cub. My son, you have gone up from your victims. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, like a lioness. Who would dare to awaken 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 scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes. The nations will obey him.

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 his donkey to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, and his robe 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 His eyes will be as dark as wine, and his teeth as white as milk.

dull eye from wine and white tooth from milk

13 Zebulun will live by the shore of the sea. He will be a harbor for ships, and his border will extend to 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 strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

Issachar donkey bone to stretch between [the] sheepfold

15 He sees a good resting place and the pleasant land. He will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a servant for the task.

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 one of the tribes of Israel.

Dan to judge people his like/as one tribe Israel

17 Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous snake in the path that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

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 your salvation, Yahweh.

to/for salvation your to await LORD

19 Gad—raiders will attack him, but he will attack them at their heels.

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

20 Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide royal delicacies.

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

21 Naphtali is a doe let loose; he will have beautiful fawns.

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

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring, whose branches climb over the wall.

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

23 The archers will attack him and shoot at him and harass him.

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

24 But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the name of the Shepherd, the Rock 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 The God of your father will help you and the Almighty God will bless you with blessings of the sky above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, and blessings of the 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 your father are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains or the desirable things of the ancient hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, even upon the crown of the head of the prince of his brothers.

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 is a hungry wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey, and in the evening he will divide the plunder.”

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

28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. Each one he blessed with an appropriate blessing.

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 he instructed them and said to them, “I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my forefathers 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 near Mamre in the land of Canaan, the field that Abraham bought for a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

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 Rebekah 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 field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the people of Heth.”

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

33 When Jacob finished these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and went to 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