Genesis 49:4-28 In the excess of thy insolence, Thou shouldst not have burst forth like water. For thou wentest up to thy father's bed, Then thou pollutedst the couch to which thou wentest up.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ In the excess of thy insolence, Thou shouldst not have burst forth like water. For thou wentest up to thy father's bed, Then thou pollutedst the couch to which thou wentest up. ⁵ Symeon and Levi are brothers. They accomplished their iniquitous purpose. ⁶ My soul, come not into their council; And in their conspiracy let not my passions be engaged. Because in their wrath they slew men, And in their rage ham-strung a bull; ⁷ Cursed be their wrath, for it was headstrong; And their enmity, for it was bitter. I will parcel them out in Jacob And scatter them among Israel. ⁸ Judas! Let thy brethren praise thee: Thy hands will be on the back of thy enemies. The sons of thy father shall bow down to thee. ⁹ Judas is a lion's whelp. From a vigorous stem, my son, thou art sprung. Couching down thou art gone to sleep like a young lion: Who dare rouse him! ¹⁰ A chief shall not fail from Judas. Nor a leader from his loins; Till the things reserved for him shall come; Even He, the expectation of nations. ¹¹ Binding his colt to a vine And his asses colt to the young vine, He will wash his robe in wine, And his mantle in the blood of the grape. ¹² His eyes are more exhilarating than wine, And his teeth are whiter than milk. ¹³ Zabulon shall dwell by the sea; And he will be near the haven of ships, And will extend as far as Sidon. ¹⁴ Issachar desired earnestly what was good, Halting between two choices. ¹⁵ But seeing the resting place, that it was good, And the land, that it was fertile, He bowed his shoulder to labour And became a husbandman. ¹⁶ Dan will judge his people And be like a tribe in Israel. ¹⁷ Let Dan be indeed a serpent in the way, Lying in watch in a path, Biting the horse's heel, That the horseman may fall backwards; ¹⁸ Waiting continually the salvation of the Lord. ¹⁹ Gad: Troops of plunderers will plunder him; And he to his utmost, will plunder them. ²⁰ Aser. His meat will be fat And he will furnish dainties for princes. ²¹ Nephthaleim is a spreading stock, Super-adding beauty by its product. ²² Joseph is a fruitful son. My fruitful son was envied. Abide with me, my younger son, Against whom calumniators brought false accusations. ²³ Though the masters of bows took aim at him; Yet their bows and their strength were broken, And the sinewy arms of their hands enfeebled By the hand of the mighty One of Jacob. ²⁴ Thence he who hath strengthened Israel Is from the God of thy father; ²⁵ And My God hath helped thee; and blessed thee With the blessing of heaven from above, And with the blessing of a land having all things, By reason of the blessing of breasts and womb, ²⁶ He hath made the blessings of thy father and mother, More durable than the blessings of perpetual mountains, And more permanent than the blessings of everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph And on the crown of the head of brothers Of whom he was the leader. ²⁷ Benjamin is a ravening wolf. In the morning he is still eating, and for the evening he provideth food. ²⁸ All these were the twelve sons of Jacob. And these were the words which their father spoke to them when he blessed them, each according to his peculiar blessing.