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Genesis 49 – New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Israel's Prophecy concerning His Sons

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:1 - Then Jacob H3290 summoned H7121 his sons H1121 and said, H559 “Assemble H622 yourselves that I may tell H5046 you what H834 will befall H7122 you in the [fn]days H3117 to come. H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:2 - “Gather H6908 together and hear, H8085 O sons H1121 of Jacob; H3290
And listen H8085 to Israel H3478 your father. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - “Reuben, H7205 you are my firstborn; H1060
My might H3581 and the beginning H7225 of my strength, H202
[fn]Preeminent H3499 in dignity H7613 and [fn]preeminent H3499 in power. H5794

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - “[fn]Uncontrolled H6349 as water, H4325 you shall not have H3498 preeminence, H3498
Because H3588 you went H5927 up to your father’s H1 bed; H4904
Then H227 you defiled H2490 it—he went H5927 up to my couch. H3326

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brothers; H251
Their swords H4380 are implements H3627 of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - “Let my soul H5315 not enter H935 into their council; H5475
Let not my glory H3519 be united H3161 with their assembly; H6951
Because H3588 in their anger H639 they slew H2026 [fn]men, H376
And in their self-will H7522 they lamed H6131 [fn]oxen. H7794

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - “Cursed H779 be their anger, H639 for it is fierce; H5794
And their wrath, H5678 for it is cruel. H7185
I will [fn]disperse H2505 them in Jacob, H3290
And scatter H6327 them in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - “Judah, H3063 your brothers H251 shall praise H3034 you;
Your hand H3027 shall be on the neck H6203 of your enemies; H340
Your father’s H1 sons H1121 shall bow H7812 down H7812 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - “Judah H3063 is a lion’s H738 whelp; H1482
From the prey, H2964 my son, H1121 you have gone H5927 up.
He [fn]couches, H3766 he lies H7257 down H7257 as a lion, H738
And as a [fn]lion, H3833 who H4310 [fn]dares rouse H6965 him up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 - “The scepter H7626 shall not depart H5493 from Judah, H3063
Nor H3808 the ruler’s H2710 staff H2710 from between H996 his feet, H7272
[fn]Until H5704 H3588 Shiloh H7886 comes, H935
And to him shall be the obedience H3349 of the peoples. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 - “[fn]He ties H631 his foal H5895 to the vine, H1612
And his donkey’s H860 colt H1121 to the choice H8321 vine; H8321
He washes H3526 his garments H3830 in wine, H3196
And his robes H5497 in the blood H1818 of grapes. H6025

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - “His eyes H5869 are [fn]dull H2447 from wine, H3196
And his teeth H8127 [fn]white H3836 from milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:13 - “Zebulun H2074 will dwell H7931 at the seashore; H3220 H2348
And he shall be [fn]a haven H2348 for ships, H591
And his flank H3411 shall be toward H5921 Sidon. H6721

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:14 - “Issachar H3485 is [fn]a strong H1634 donkey, H2543
Lying H7257 down H7257 between H996 the [fn]sheepfolds. H4942

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - “When he saw H7200 that a resting H4496 place H4496 was good H2896
And that the land H776 was pleasant, H5276
He bowed H5186 his shoulder H7926 to bear H5445 burdens,
And became H1961 a slave H5647 at forced H4522 labor. H4522

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 - “Dan H1835 shall judge H1777 his people, H5971
As one H259 of the tribes H7626 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - “Dan H1835 shall be a serpent H5175 in the way, H1870
A horned H8207 snake H8207 in the path, H734
That bites H5391 the horse’s H5483 heels, H6119
So that his rider H7392 falls H5307 backward. H268

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:18 - “For Your salvation H3444 I wait, H6960 O LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:19 - “As for Gad, H1410 [fn]raiders H1416 shall raid H1464 him,
But he will raid H1464 at their [fn]heels. H6119

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:20 - “[fn]As for Asher, H836 his [fn]food H3899 shall be [fn]rich, H8082
And he will yield H5414 royal H4428 dainties. H4574

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:21 - “Naphtali H5321 is a doe H355 let H7971 loose, H7971
He gives H5414 beautiful H8233 words. H561

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:22 - “Joseph H3130 is a fruitful H6509 [fn]bough, H1121
A fruitful H6509 [fn]bough H1121 by a spring; H5869
Its [fn]branches H1323 run H6805 over H5921 a wall. H7791

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23 - “The archers H1167 H2671 bitterly H4843 attacked him,
And shot H7232 at him and harassed H7852 him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - But his bow H7198 remained H3427 [fn]firm, H386
And [fn]his arms H2220 were agile, H6339
From the hands H3027 of the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob H3290
(From there H8033 is the Shepherd, H7462 the Stone H68 of Israel), H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - From the God H410 of your father H1 who helps H5826 you,
And [fn]by the [fn]Almighty H7706 who blesses H1288 you
With blessings H1293 of heaven H8064 above, H4480 H5921
Blessings H1293 of the deep H8415 that lies H7257 beneath, H8478
Blessings H1293 of the breasts H7699 and of the womb. H7358

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - “The blessings H1293 of your father H1
Have surpassed H1396 the blessings H1293 of my ancestors H2029
Up to the [fn]utmost H8379 bound H8379 of the everlasting H5769 hills; H1389
May they be on the head H7218 of Joseph, H3130
And on the crown H6936 of the head H6936 of the one H5139 distinguished H5139 among his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:27 - “Benjamin H1144 is a [fn]ravenous H2963 wolf; H2061
In the morning H1242 he devours H398 the prey, H5706
And in the evening H6153 he divides H2505 the spoil.” H7998

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:28 - All H3605 these H428 are the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 and this H2088 is what H834 their father H1 said H1696 to them [fn]when he blessed H1288 them. He blessed H1288 them, every H376 one H376 [fn]with the blessing H1293 appropriate to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then he charged H6680 them and said H559 to them, “I am about to be gathered H622 to my people; H5971 bury H6912 me with my fathers H1 in the cave H4631 that is in the field H7704 of Ephron H6085 the Hittite, H2850

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - in the cave H4631 that is in the field H7704 of Machpelah, H4375 which H834 is before H5921 H6440 Mamre, H4471 in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 which H834 Abraham H85 bought H7069 along with the field H7704 from Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 for a [fn]burial H6913 site. H272

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31 - “There H8033 they buried H6912 Abraham H85 and his wife H802 Sarah, H8283 there H8033 they buried H6912 Isaac H3327 and his wife H802 Rebekah, H7259 and there H8033 I buried H6912 Leah H3812—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - the field H7704 and the cave H4631 that is in it, purchased H4735 from the sons H1121 of Heth.” H2845

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob H3290 finished H3615 charging H6680 his sons, H1121 he drew H622 his feet H7272 into the bed H4296 and breathed H1478 his last, H1478 and was gathered H622 to his people. H5971
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: end of the days
Literally: preeminence
Or, Boiling over; lit Recklessness
Literally: a man
Literally: an ox
Literally: divide
Literally: bows down
Or, lioness
Literally: shall
Or, Until he comes to Shiloh; or Until he comes to whom it belongs
Literally: Binding of
Or, darker than
Or, whiter than
Literally: for a shore of ships
Literally: a donkey of bone
Or, saddlebags
Literally: a raiding band
Literally: heel
Literally: From
Or, bread
Literally: fat
Literally: son
Literally: daughters
I.e. in an unyielding position
Literally: the arms of his hands
Or, with
Hebrew: Shaddai
Literally: limit; or desire
Literally: a wolf that tears
Literally: and
Literally: according to his blessing
Literally: possession of a burial place
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