Genesis 49 — ENGLXXUP

49 Verse 1 And Jacob called his sons, and said to them, ^{Verse 2} Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you ^{Verse 3} Reuben, thou art my firstborn, ^{Verse 4} Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, ^{Verse 5} Simeon and Levi, brethren, ^{Verse 6} Let not my soul come into their counsel, ^{Verse 7} Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, ^{Verse 8} Judah, thy brethren have praised thee, ^{Verse 9} Judah is a lion’s whelp: ^{Verse 10} A ruler shall not fail from Judah, ^{Verse 11} Binding his foal to the vine, ^{Verse 12} His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, ^{Verse 13} Zebulun shall dwell on the coast, ^{Verse 14} Issachar has desired that which is good; ^{Verse 15} And having seen the resting place that it was good, ^{Verse 16} Dan shall judge his people, ^{Verse 17} And let Dan be a serpent in the way, ^{Verse 18} Waiting for the salvation of the Lord. ^{Verse 19} Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; ^{Verse 20} Asher, his bread shall be fat; ^{Verse 21} Naphtali is a spreading stem, ^{Verse 22} Joseph is a son increased; ^{Verse 23} Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, ^{Verse 24} But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, ^{Verse 25} And my God helped thee, ^{Verse 26} The blessings of thy father and thy mother— ^{Verse 27} Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, ^{Verse 28} All these are the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing. ^{Verse 29} And he said to them, I am added to my people; ye shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, ^{Verse 30} in the double cave which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the cave which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a sepulcher. ^{Verse 31} There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebekah his wife; there they buried Leah; ^{Verse 32} in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, purchased of the sons of Heth. ^{Verse 33} And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.