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G enesis 49
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All your relatives will bow before you.
Judah, my son, is a young lion
that has finished eating its prey.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down;
like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants,*
until the coming of the one to whom it belongs,*
the one whom all nations will honor.
He ties his foal to a grapevine,
the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
His eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth are whiter than milk.
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“Zebulun will settle by the seashore
and will be a harbor for ships;
his borders will extend to Sidon.
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“Issachar is a sturdy donkey,
resting between two saddlepacks.*
When he sees how good the countryside is
and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
and submit himself to hard labor.
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“Dan will govern his people,
like any other tribe in Israel.
Dan will be a snake beside the road,
a poisonous viper along the path
that bites the horse’s hooves
so its rider is thrown off.
I trust in you for salvation, O Lord!
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“Gad will be attacked by marauding bands,
but he will attack them when they retreat.
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“Asher will dine on rich foods
and produce food fit for kings.
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“Naphtali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns.
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“Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey,
the foal of a wild donkey at a spring—
one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.*
49:10a Hebrew from between his feet.
49:10b Or until tribute is brought to him and the peoples obey;
traditionally rendered until Shiloh comes.
49:14 Or sheepfolds, or hearths.
49:22 Or Joseph is
a fruitful tree, / a fruitful tree beside a spring. / His branches reach over the wall. The meaning of the
Hebrew is uncertain.
