Genesis 49

1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

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, 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, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

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

4 Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He 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. Their swords are weapons of violence.

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

6 My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

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 fierce; and their wrath, 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. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, 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 scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to 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 foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes 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 red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

dull eye from wine and white tooth from milk

13 “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on 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 saddlebags.

Issachar donkey bone to stretch between [the] sheepfold

15 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

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 serpent on the trail, an adder 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 have waited for your salvation, LORD.

to/for salvation your to await LORD

19 “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

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

20 “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.

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

21 “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

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

22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run 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 severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:

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

24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there 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 even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, 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 your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from 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 ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At 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 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own 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 He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be 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 before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.

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 therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”

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

33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered 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