¹ And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves, and I will tell you what shall befall you in the last days.

² Bring· yourselves ·together and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken to^▵ Israel your father.

³ Reuben, my firstborn, thou^◦ art my power, and the beginning^◦ of my vigor, excelling^◦ in eminence, and excelling^◦ in strength.

⁴ Fickle as water thou shalt not excel^◦, for thou wentest·​·up on the bed of thy father, then thou didst profane it; he went·​·up on my mat.

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

⁶ Into their secret council let not my soul come; with their assembly let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man^◦, and in their good·​·pleasure they hamstrung an ox.

⁷ Cursed be their anger for it was strong, and their wrath for it was hardened. I will part them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

⁸ Thou^◦ Judah, thy brothers shall confess thee, thy hand shall be on^◦ the neck^◦ of thine enemies, the sons of thy father shall bow·​·down to thee.

⁹ Judah is a whelp of a lion; from the prey, my son, thou art gone·​·up; he stooped, he couched as a lion, and as an old·​·lion; who shall raise· him ·up?

¹⁰ The scepter shall not be removed from Judah, and a lawgiver from between his feet, even·​·until Shiloh come; and to Him will be the obedience^◦ of the peoples.

¹¹ He binds his donkey·​·colt to the vine, and the young^◦ of his she·​·donkey to the noble·​·vine; he washes his clothing in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes;

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

¹³ Zebulun shall inhabit the haven of the seas, and he^◦ shall be a haven^* for ships, and his flank shall be by^◦ Zidon.

¹⁴ Issachar is a bony^◦ donkey, couching between the packs.

¹⁵ And he shall see rest that it is good, and the land that it is pleasant; and he shall incline his shoulder to bear·​·the·​·burden^◦, and shall be a servant to tribute.

¹⁶ Dan shall make·​·judgment^◦ for his people as one of the tribes^◦ of Israel.

¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent on the way, an arrow-snake upon the path, biting the horse’s heels, and his rider shall fall backward.

¹⁸ I wait for Thy salvation, O Jehovah.

¹⁹ Gad, a troop shall troop·​·against^* him and he^◦ shall troop·​·against the heel.

²⁰ From Asher, his bread is with·​·oil, and he^◦ shall give the pleasurable things of a king.

²¹ Naphtali is a deer sent·​·out, giving goodly sayings^*.

²² Joseph is the son of a fruitful one, the son of a fruitful one over a fount^* of the daughters, she strides upon the wall^▵.

²³ And the arrow masters embitter him, and shoot^◦, and hate^◦ him.

²⁴ And he shall sit in the strength^◦ of his bow, and the arms of his hands are strengthened^▵ by the hands of the Powerful·​·One of Jacob; from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel.

²⁵ By the God^◦ of thy father, and He shall help thee, and with^◦ Shaddai, and He shall bless thee, with the blessings of heavens from above, with blessings of the abyss that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

²⁶ The blessings of thy father shall prevail above the blessings of those who conceived me, even·​·to the longing of the hills of an age; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the top·​·of·​·the·​·head of the Nazarite^* of his brothers.

²⁷ Benjamin is a wolf, he tears away in the morning, he shall eat·​·up the prey^◦, and at evening he shall part the spoil.

²⁸ All these tribes^◦ of Israel are twelve; and this is what their father spoke to them and 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 to^▵ 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 upon the faces of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession^◦ of a burying·​·place.

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

³² That which was bought of the field, and of the cave which is in it, was from the sons of Heth.

³³ And Jacob completed commanding his sons, and he gathered his feet to^▵ the bed^◦, and expired, and was gathered to^▵ his peoples.

¹ "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: "He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

² Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

³ Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.

⁴ Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

⁵ He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

⁶ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

⁷ "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: "He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

⁸ "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.

⁹ Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

¹⁰ Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

¹¹ I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

¹² He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.

¹³ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

¹⁴ "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things:

¹⁵ "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

¹⁷ Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

¹⁸ I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

²⁰ Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

²¹ He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

²² He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."