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Genesis 49

1Jacob 1

2Assemble 2 Listen to Israel, your father. 1

3“ Reuben 2 excelling in dignity, and excelling in power. 1

4Boiling over 2 because you went up to your father’s bed, 2 then defiled it. He went up to my couch. 1

5“ Simeon 2 Their swords are weapons of violence. 1

6My 2 My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; 1 for in their anger they killed men. 2 In their self-will they hamstrung cattle. 1

7Cursed be 2 and their wrath, for it was cruel. 1 I will divide them in Jacob, 2 and scatter them in Israel. 1

8“ Judah 2 Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. 2 Your father’s sons will bow down before you. 1

9Judah 2 From the prey, my son, you have gone up. 1 He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, 2 as a lioness. 2 Who will rouse him up? 1

10The 2 nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, 1 until he comes to whom it belongs. 2 The obedience of the peoples will be to him. 1

11Binding his 2 his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, 1 he has washed his garments in wine, 2 his robes in the blood of grapes. 1

12His 2 his teeth white with milk. 1

13“ Zebulun 2 He will be for a haven of ships. 2 His border will be on Sidon. 1

14“ Issachar 2 lying down between the saddlebags. 1

15He 2 the land, that it was pleasant. 1 He bows his shoulder to the burden, 2 and becomes a servant doing forced labor. 1

16“ Dan 2 as one of the tribes of Israel. 1

17Dan 2 an adder in the path, 1 that bites the horse’s heels, 2 so that his rider falls backward. 1

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19“ A 2 but he will press on their heel. 1

20“Asher’s food 2 He will produce royal dainties. 1

21“ Naphtali 2 who bears beautiful fawns. 1

22“ Joseph 2 a fruitful vine by a spring. 2 His branches run over the wall. 1

23The archers 2 shot at him, and persecuted him: 1

24But 2 The arms of his hands were made strong, 2 by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, 2 ( from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), 1

25even 2 by the Almighty, who will bless you, 1 with blessings of heaven above, 2 blessings of the deep that lies below, 2 blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. 1

26The 2 above the boundaries of the ancient hills. 1 They will be on the head of Joseph, 2 on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers. 1

27“ Benjamin 2 In the morning he will devour the prey. 2 At evening he will divide the plunder.”

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