¹ And he returned me unto^▵ the entrance of the house; and, behold, waters went·​·out from under the threshold of the house eastward; for the face of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came·​·down from under from the right wing^◦ of the house, at the south side of the altar.

² And he brought· me ·out of the way of the gate northward, and turned· me ·around the way outside to^▵ the gate outside by the way facing east; and, behold, there ran·​·out waters from the right wing^◦.

³ When the man^◦ went·​·out eastward, and a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he made me cross·​·through in the waters; the waters were to the ankles^◦.

⁴ And he measured a thousand, and made me pass·​·through the waters; the waters were to the knees. And he measured a thousand, and made me pass·​·through; the waters were to the loins.

⁵ And he measured a thousand, and it was a brook that I was· not ·able to pass·​·through; for the waters were risen·​·up^◦, waters of swimming, a brook that he did not pass·​·through.

⁶ And he said unto^▵ me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? And he made me go and return to the lip of the brook.

⁷ And when I had returned, behold, at^▵ the lip of the brook were very many trees on this side and on that^▵.

⁸ And he said to^▵ me, These waters went·​·out toward^▵ the east boundary, and go·​·down upon the desert, and come toward^▵ the sea; to the sea they are brought·​·out, and the waters shall be healed.

⁹ And it shall be, that every soul that is alive, which crawls, whithersoever the brooks shall come, shall live; and there shall be very many fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the brook comes.

¹⁰ And it shall be, that the fishers shall stand on it from En-gedi and even·​·to Eneglaim; they shall be a place for spreading^▵ nets^◦; their fish shall be according·​·to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.

¹¹ But the quagmires of it and the marshes of it shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

¹² And by^◦ the brook on its lip, on this side and on that^▵ side, shall come·​·up every tree for food; its leaf shall not fade, and its fruit shall not be finished; it shall renew· its ·firstfruits according·​·to^▵ its months, for its waters, they^◦ go·​·out from the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

¹³ Thus says the Lord Jehovih^*; This^▵ shall be the border, by which you shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes^◦ of Israel; Joseph shall have two regions.

¹⁴ And you shall inherit it, a man^◦ as his brother; for which I lifted My hand to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

¹⁵ And this shall be the border of the land toward^◦ the north quarter, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go·​·in to Zedad;

¹⁶ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is toward^▵ the border of Hauran.

¹⁷ And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north quarter.

¹⁸ And the east quarter you shall measure from between Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border by^◦ the eastern sea. And this is the east quarter.

¹⁹ And the south quarter southward^◦, from Tamar even·​·to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the brook to^▵ the great sea. And this is the south^◦ quarter southward.

²⁰ And the west^◦ quarter shall be the great sea from the border, until one comes up·​·against Hamath. This is the west^◦ quarter.

²¹ And you shall part this land to yourselves for the tribes^◦ of Israel.

²² And it shall be, that you shall allot^◦ it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the sojourners that sojourn in your midst, which shall beget sons in your midst; and they shall be to you as natives among^◦ the sons of Israel; they shall allot^◦ an inheritance with you in the midst of the tribes^◦ of Israel.

²³ And it shall be, that in the tribe^◦ where^▵ the sojourner sojourns, shall you give him his inheritance, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih.

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.

² Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

³ "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

⁴ Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

⁵ "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

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.

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.

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.

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?

¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

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.

¹² His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with 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.

¹⁴ "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

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.

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

¹⁷ Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

¹⁸ I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

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

²⁰ "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

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

²² "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

²³ The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

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),

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.

²⁶ The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your 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.

²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the 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 blessing.

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,

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.

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

³² the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."

³³ When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.