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1. And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
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1. And Jacob H3290 called H7121 unto H413 his sons H1121 , and said H559 , Gather yourselves together H622 , that I may tell H5046 you that H853 which H834 shall befall H7122 you in the last H319 days H3117 .
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2. Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.
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2. Gather yourselves together H6908 , and hear H8085 , ye sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 ; and hearken H8085 unto H413 Israel H3478 your father H1 .
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3. Ruben, thou Or, thou my first-born, etc., nom. and voc. not being always regularly distinguished in the LXX; See Heb 1:8 o yeov art my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, hard and self-willed.
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3. Reuben H7205 , thou H859 art my firstborn H1060 , my might H3581 , and the beginning H7225 of my strength H202 , the excellency H3499 of dignity H7613 , and the excellency H3499 of power H5794 :
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4. Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for thou wentest up to the bed of thy father; then thou defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up.
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4. Unstable H6349 as water H4325 , thou shalt not H408 excel H3498 ; because H3588 thou wentest up H5927 to thy father H1 's bed H4904 ; then H227 defiledst H2490 thou it : he went up H5927 to my couch H3326 .
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5. Symeon and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.
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5. Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brethren H251 ; instruments H3627 of cruelty H2555 are in their habitations H4380 .
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6. Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.
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6. O my soul H5315 , come H935 not H408 thou into their secret H5475 ; unto their assembly H6951 , mine honor H3519 , be not H408 thou united H3161 : for H3588 in their anger H639 they slew H2026 a man H376 , and in their self H7522 -will they digged down H6131 a wall H7791 .
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7. Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was more lit. hardened or aggravated cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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7. Cursed H779 be their anger H639 , for H3588 it was fierce H5794 ; and their wrath H5678 , for H3588 it was cruel H7185 : I will divide H2505 them in Jacob H3290 , and scatter H6327 them in Israel H3478 .
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8. Juda, thy brethren have praised thee, and thy hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; thy father’s sons shall do thee reverence.
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8. Judah H3063 , thou H859 art he whom thy brethren H251 shall praise H3034 : thy hand H3027 shall be in the neck H6203 of thine enemies H341 ; thy father H1 's children H1121 shall bow down H7812 before thee.
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9. The terminations of proper names are occasionally varied Juda is a lion’s whelp: from the tender plant, my son, thou art gone up, having couched thou liest as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?
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9. Judah H3063 is a lion H738 's whelp H1482 : from the prey H4480 H2964 , my son H1121 , thou art gone up H5927 : he stooped down H3766 , he couched H7257 as a lion H738 , and as an old lion H3833 ; who H4310 shall rouse him up H6965 ?
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10. A ruler shall not fail from Juda, nor a prince from his Gr. thighs loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and he is the expectation of nations.
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10. The scepter H7626 shall not H3808 depart H5493 from Judah H4480 H3063 , nor a lawgiver H2710 from between H4480 H996 his feet H7272 , until H5704 H3588 Shiloh H7886 come H935 ; and unto him shall the gathering H3349 of the people H5971 be .
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11. Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch of it, he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.
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11. Binding H631 his foal H5895 unto the vine H1612 , and his ass H860 's colt H1121 unto the choice vine H8321 ; he washed H3526 his garments H3830 in wine H3196 , and his clothes H5497 in the blood H1818 of grapes H6025 :
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12. His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
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12. His eyes H5869 shall be red H2447 with wine H4480 H3196 , and his teeth H8127 white H3836 with milk H4480 H2461 .
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13. Zabulon shall dwell on the coast, and he shall be by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.
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13. Zebulun H2074 shall dwell H7931 at the haven H2348 of the sea H3220 ; and he H1931 shall be for a haven H2348 of ships H591 ; and his border H3411 shall be unto H5921 Zidon H6721 .
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14. Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.
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14. Issachar H3485 is a strong H1634 ass H2543 couching down H7257 between H996 two burdens H4942 :
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15. And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labour, and became a husbandman.
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15. And he saw H7200 that H3588 rest H4496 was good H2896 , and the land H776 that H3588 it was pleasant H5276 ; and bowed H5186 his shoulder H7926 to bear H5445 , and became H1961 a servant H5647 unto tribute H4522 .
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16. Dan shall judge his people, as one tribe too in Israel.
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16. Dan H1835 shall judge H1777 his people H5971 , as one H259 of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 .
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17. And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),
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17. Dan H1835 shall be H1961 a serpent H5175 by H5921 the way H1870 , an adder H8207 in H5921 the path H734 , that biteth H5391 the horse H5483 heels H6119 , so that his rider H7392 shall fall H5307 backward H268 .
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18. waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
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18. I have waited H6960 for thy salvation H3444 , O LORD H3068 .
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19. Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; but he shall plunder him, pursuing him closely.
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19. Gad H1410 , a troop H1416 shall overcome H1464 him : but he H1931 shall overcome H1464 at the last H6119 .
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20. Aser, his bread shall be fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes.
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20. Out of Asher H4480 H836 his bread H3899 shall be fat H8082 , and he H1931 shall yield H5414 royal H4428 dainties H4574 .
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21. Nephthalim is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit.
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21. Naphtali H5321 is a hind H355 let loose H7971 : he giveth H5414 goodly H8233 words H561 .
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22. Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
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22. Joseph H3130 is a fruitful H6509 bough H1121 , even a fruitful H6509 bough H1121 by H5921 a well H5869 ; whose branches H1323 run H6805 over H5921 the wall H7791 :
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23. Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed hard upon him.
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23. The archers H1167 H2671 have sorely grieved H4843 him , and shot H7232 at him , and hated H7852 him:
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24. But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of thy father;
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24. But his bow H7198 abode H3427 in strength H386 , and the arms H2220 of his hands H3027 were made strong H6339 by the hands H4480 H3027 of the mighty H46 God of Jacob H3290 ; (from thence H4480 H8033 is the shepherd H7462 , the stone H68 of Israel H3478 :)
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25. and my God helped thee, and he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
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25. Even by the God H4480 H410 of thy father H1 , who shall help H5826 thee ; and by the Almighty H7706 , who shall bless H1288 thee with blessings H1293 of heaven H8064 above H4480 H5920 , blessings H1293 of the deep H8415 that lieth H7257 under H8478 , blessings H1293 of the breasts H7699 , and of the womb H7356 :
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26. the blessings of thy father and thy mother—it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
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26. The blessings H1293 of thy father H1 have prevailed H1396 above H5921 the blessings H1293 of my progenitors H2029 unto H5704 the utmost bound H8379 of the everlasting H5769 hills H1389 : they shall be H1961 on the head H7218 of Joseph H3130 , and on the crown of the head H6936 of him that was separate from H5139 his brethren H251 .
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27. Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food.
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27. Benjamin H1144 shall ravin H2963 as a wolf H2061 : in the morning H1242 he shall devour H398 the prey H5706 , and at night H6153 he shall divide H2505 the spoil H7998 .
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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.
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28. All H3605 these H428 are the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 : and this H2063 is it that H834 their father H1 spoke H1696 unto them , and blessed H1288 them ; every one H376 H834 according to his blessing H1293 he blessed H1288 them.
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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 Chettite,
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29. And he charged H6680 them , and said H559 unto H413 them, I H589 am to be gathered H622 unto H413 my people H5971 : bury H6912 me with H413 my fathers H1 in H413 the cave H4631 that H834 is in the field H7704 of Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 ,
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30. in the double cave which is opposite Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron the Chettite, for a possession of a sepulchre.
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30. In the cave H4631 that H834 is in the field H7704 of Machpelah H4375 , which H834 is before H5921 H6440 Mamre H4471 , in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , which H834 Abraham H85 bought H7069 with H854 the field H7704 of H4480 H854 Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 for a possession H272 of a burial place H6913 .
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31. There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea;
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31. There H8033 they buried H6912 H853 Abraham H85 and Sarah H8283 his wife H802 ; there H8033 they buried H6912 H853 Isaac H3327 and Rebekah H7259 his wife H802 ; and there H8033 I buried H6912 H853 Leah H3812 .
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32. in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, purchased of the sons of Chet.
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32. The purchase H4735 of the field H7704 and of the cave H4631 that H834 is therein was from H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Heth H2845 .
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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.
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33. And when Jacob H3290 had made an end H3615 of commanding H6680 H853 his sons H1121 , he gathered up H622 his feet H7272 into H413 the bed H4296 , and yielded up the ghost H1478 , and was gathered H622 unto H413 his people H5971 .
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