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. Jer 23:20Num 24:14Dan 10:14Deu 4:30Amo 3:7Deu 31:12Deu 33:1-29Heb 1:2
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Psa 34:11Pro 1:8-9Pro 23:22Pro 23:26Pro 4:1-4Pro 5:1Pro 6:20Pro 7:1
Listen to Israel, your father.
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, Deu 21:17Psa 78:51Gen 29:32Psa 105:361Ch 2:11Ch 5:11Ch 5:3Gen 48:18
excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, Gen 35:221Ch 5:1Deu 27:20Deu 33:61Co 5:1Jas 1:6-8Deu 5:21Gen 46:8
because you went up to your father’s bed,
then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Gen 34:25-31Gen 29:33-34Gen 46:10-11Pro 18:9
Their swords are weapons of violence.
My soul, don’t come into their council. Gen 34:30Psa 26:9Psa 16:92Co 6:14Gen 34:25-26Jer 15:17Jer 4:19Luk 12:19
My glory, don’t be united to their assembly;
for in their anger they killed men.
In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; 1Ch 4:24-311Ch 6:65Jos 19:1-91Ch 4:39-402Sa 13:152Sa 13:22-28Jos 21:1-45Pro 26:24-25
and their wrath, for it was cruel.
I will divide them in Jacob,
and scatter them in Israel.
“Judah, your brothers will praise you. 1Ch 5:2Gen 27:29Heb 7:14Deu 33:7Gen 29:35Jos 10:24Psa 18:40-431Ch 12:1-40
Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies.
Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
Judah is a lion’s cub. Num 24:9Num 23:24Rev 5:5Mic 5:8Hos 5:14Ezk 19:51Co 15:24Hos 5:4
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?
The scepter will not depart from Judah, Num 24:17Luk 1:32-33Isa 9:6Psa 60:7Isa 33:22Jer 23:5-6Isa 42:1Heb 7:14
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until he comes to whom it belongs.
The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
Binding his foal to the vine, Isa 63:1-3Jol 3:18Rev 7:141Ki 4:201Ki 4:25Mic 4:4Rev 19:182Ki 18:32
his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
His eyes will be red with wine, Pro 23:29
his teeth white with milk.
“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. Deu 33:18-19Gen 30:20Jos 19:10-16
He will be for a haven of ships.
His border will be on Sidon.
“Issachar is a strong donkey, 1Ch 12:32Gen 30:18Deu 33:18Jos 19:17-23Jdg 10:1Jdg 5:15-16
lying down between the saddlebags.
He saw a resting place, that it was good, 2Sa 7:1Ezk 29:18Jdg 3:11Jos 14:15Mat 23:4Psa 81:6
the land, that it was pleasant.
He bows his shoulder to the burden,
and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
“Dan will judge his people, Deu 33:22Gen 30:6Jdg 13:2Jdg 13:24-25Jdg 15:20Jdg 18:1-2Jdg 18:26-27Num 10:25
as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan will be a serpent on the trail, 1Ch 12:35Jdg 18:22-31Jdg 14:1-15Jdg 16:22-30
an adder in the path,
that bites the horse’s heels,
so that his rider falls backward.
I have waited for your salvation, LORD. Isa 25:9Psa 119:166Psa 119:174Mic 7:7Psa 130:51Th 1:10Lam 3:25Luk 2:25
“A troop will press on Gad, 1Ch 5:11-22Deu 33:20-21Gen 30:111Ch 3:18-221Ch 5:26Gen 46:16Jdg 10:1-11Jos 13:8
but he will press on their heel.
“Asher’s food will be rich. Deu 33:24-25Gen 30:13Gen 46:17Jos 19:24-31
He will produce royal dainties.
“Naphtali is a doe set free, Deu 33:23Gen 30:8Gen 46:24Jdg 4:10Jdg 4:6Jdg 5:18Jos 19:32-39Mat 4:15-16
who bears beautiful fawns.
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, Gen 41:52Psa 1:1-3Psa 128:3Gen 30:22-24Gen 46:27Jos 16:1-10Jos 17:14-17Deu 33:13-17
a fruitful vine by a spring.
His branches run over the wall.
The archers have severely grieved him, Gen 37:24Psa 118:13Gen 37:28Gen 37:4Psa 64:3Act 14:22Gen 37:18Gen 39:7-20
shot at him, and persecuted him:
But his bow remained strong. Psa 132:2Isa 28:16Psa 132:5Job 29:20Psa 80:12Ti 4:17Psa 18:301Pe 2:4-8
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),
even by the God of your father, who will help you, Gen 28:13Gen 35:11Php 4:19Deu 28:2-12Deu 33:13-17Deu 8:17Gen 43:231Ti 4:8
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.
The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, Deu 33:15-16Hab 3:6Ezk 37:25-26Gen 27:27-29Gen 27:39-40Gen 28:3-4Gen 37:28Isa 54:10
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.
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. Jdg 20:21Jdg 20:25Ezk 22:27Gen 35:18Gen 46:21Num 23:241Sa 11:4-111Sa 14:1-15
In the morning he will devour the prey.
At evening he will divide the plunder.”
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 own blessing. Est 8:11Ezk 39:8-10Rev 7:41Ki 18:31Act 26:7Est 8:7Est 8:9Est 9:1-10 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, Gen 47:30Gen 50:13Gen 15:152Sa 19:37Gen 25:8-17Gen 35:29Rom 12:6-21Heb 12:23 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. Gen 23:16-18Gen 23:20Gen 23:8-9 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah: Gen 25:9Gen 35:29Act 7:16Gen 23:16-20Gen 23:3Gen 47:30Gen 50:13 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.” Gen 23:17-20 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people. Gen 49:29Gen 25:8Gen 35:29Act 7:15Ecc 12:7Gen 15:5Gen 25:17Gen 49:1