Chapter
Genesis 49
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Book 1
Verses 33
| Reference | Verse |
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| Genesis 49:1 | And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. |
| Genesis 49:2 | Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. |
| Genesis 49:3 | Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: |
| Genesis 49:4 | Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. |
| Genesis 49:5 | Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. |
| Genesis 49:6 | O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. |
| Genesis 49:7 | 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. |
| Genesis 49:8 | Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. |
| Genesis 49:9 | Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? |
| Genesis 49:10 | The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. |
| Genesis 49:11 | Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: |
| Genesis 49:12 | His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. |
| Genesis 49:13 | Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. |
| Genesis 49:14 | Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: |
| Genesis 49:15 | And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. |
| Genesis 49:16 | Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. |
| Genesis 49:17 | Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. |
| Genesis 49:18 | I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. |
| Genesis 49:19 | Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. |
| Genesis 49:20 | Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. |
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