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Genesis 49

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1 And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.

2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.

3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.

4 Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my bed.

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.

6 My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it [was] violent; And their rage, for it [was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

8 Judah -- [as to] thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.

9 Judah is a young lion; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stoopeth, he layeth himself down as a lion, And as a lioness: who will rouse him up?

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.

11 He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass's colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment in the blood of grapes.

12 The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth [are] white with milk.

13 Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; Yea, he will be at the shore of the ships, And his side [toucheth] upon Sidon.

14 Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.

15 And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.

16 Dan will judge his people, As another of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.

18 I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

19 Gad -- troops will rush upon him; But he will rush upon the heel.

20 Out of Asher, his bread shall be fat, And he will give royal dainties.

21 Naphtali is a hind let loose; He giveth goodly words.

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.

23 The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;

24 But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:

25 From the ùGod of thy father, and he will help thee; And from the Almighty, and he will bless thee -- With blessings of heaven from above, With blessings of the deep that lieth under, With blessings of the breast and of the womb.

26 The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

27 Benjamin -- [as] a wolf will he tear to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty.

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

29 And he charged them, and said to them, I am gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is opposite to Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite along with the field for a possession of a sepulchre.

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife; and there I buried Leah.

32 The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is in it, was from the children of Heth.

33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.

   

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6328. Genesis 49

1. And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather together, and I will tell you what will happen to you at the end of days.

2. Assemble, and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hear 1 Israel your father.

3. Reuben my firstborn, you are my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in eminence and excelling in worth.

4. Light as water, may you not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; at that time you profaned [it] - he went up to my couch.

5. Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of violence are their swords.

6. Into their secret place let my soul not come; in their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox.

7. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is hard. 2 I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.

8. Judah are you, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down to you.

9. A lion's cub is Judah; from the plunder you have gone up, my son. He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like an old lion; who will rouse him?

10. The sceptre will not be removed from Judah, or a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him will be the obedience of the peoples.

11. He binds his young ass to the vine, and the foal of his she-ass to the outstanding vine; he washes his clothing in wine, and his garment in the blood of grapes.

12. His eyes are red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.

13. Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the seas, and he will be at the haven of ships; and his side will be over towards Sidon.

14. Issachar is a bony ass, lying down between burdens.

15. And he will see rest that it is good, and the land that it is pleasant; and he will bend his shoulder to bear a burden, and will be one serving for tribute.

16. Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

17. Dan will be a serpent on the road, a darting serpent on the path, biting the horse's heels; and its rider will fall backwards.

18. I wait for Your salvation, O Jehovah.

19. Gad - a troop will ravage him, and he will ravage the heel.

20. From Asher, fat will be his bread, and he will yield a king's delights.

21. Naphtali is a hind let loose, making elegant utterances.

22. The son of a fertile one is Joseph, the son of a fertile one beside a spring; daughters, [each one] marches onto the wall.

23. And they exasperate him and shoot at him and hate him, do the archers.

24. And he will sit in the strength of his bow, and the arms of his hands are made strong by the hands of the powerful Jacob - from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel.

25. By the God of your father, who will help you, and together with Shaddai, who will bless you with the blessings of heaven from above, the blessings of the deep lying beneath, the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26. The blessings of your father will prevail over the blessings of my ancestors, even as far as the desire of the everlasting hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the Nazirite among his brothers.

27. Benjamin is a wolf; he will seize in the morning, he will devour the spoil, and at evening he will divide the plunder.

28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them, each according to his blessing he blessed them.

29. And he commanded them and said to them, I am being gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers, at the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

30. In the cave which is in the field of Machpelah, which faces Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a grave.

31. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

32. The buying of the field and of the cave that was in it was from the sons of Heth.

33. And Jacob finished commanding his sons, and he gathered up his feet towards the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.

CONTENTS

This chapter does not deal in the internal sense with the descendants of Jacob, with what is going to happen to them, but with the truths of faith and the forms of the good of love which the twelve tribes named after Jacob's sons represent and mean.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, hear towards

2. i.e. cruel

  
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