Genesis 49 ISV BSB Parallel

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1After this, Jacob called his sons together and told them, "Assemble yourselves around me so I can tell you all what is going to happen to you in the last days.

1Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

2"Gather together and listen, you children of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel."

2Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

3"Reuben, you're my firstborn, my strength, and the first fruit of my vitality. You excel in rank and excel in power.

3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

4But you're as undisciplined as a roaring river, so eventually you won't succeed, because you got in your father's bed, defiled it, and then approached my couch."

4Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

5"Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are violent weapons.

5Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

6I'll never join their council; I'll never enter their assembly. In their anger they committed murder and lamed cattle just for fun.

6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

7Their anger is cursed, because it is so fierce, as is their vehemence, because it is so cruel. I will separate them throughout Jacob's territory and disperse them throughout Israel."

7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

8"Your brothers will praise you, Judah. Your hand will be at the throat of your enemies, and your father's children will bow down to you.

8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

9Judah is a lion cub. My son, you have gone up from the prey. Crouching like a lion, he lies down, Like a lioness, who would dare rouse him?

9Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

10The scepter will never depart from Judah, nor a ruler's staff from between his feet, until the One comes, who owns them both, and to him will belong the allegiance of nations.

10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

11Binding his donkey to the vine and his mare's foal to its thick tendrils, he will wash his garments in wine and his robe in the juice of grapes.

11He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

12His eyes are darker than wine and his teeth whiter than milk."

12His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

13"Zebulun will settle down near the sea shore and become a safe haven for shipping, bordering Sidon."

13Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

14"Issachar is a strong donkey, resting between sheepfolds.

14Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

15He observed that his resting place was excellent, and that the land was pleasant; he bent down, picked up his burdens, and became a slave at forced labor."

15He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

16"Dan will judge his people as one of Israel's tribes.

16Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

17Dan will be a snake on the path, a viper on the road that snaps at the heels of horses, causing their riders to fall off.

17He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

18"LORD, I'm waiting for your salvation."

18I await Your salvation, O LORD.

19"Bandits will raid Gad, but Gad will raid them back."

19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

20"Asher's food will be delicious; he will be a provider of delicacies fit for royalty."

20Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

21"Naphtali is a free running deer who produces eloquent literature."

21Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

22"Joseph is descended from a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine planted near springs of water. His branches climb over walls.

22Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

23Even though enemies attacked him, shooting at him and pursuing him viciously,

23The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

24nevertheless his bow remained steady and his arms kept in shape by the strength of Jacob's Mighty One, in the name of the Shepherd, Israel's Rock,

24Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

25by your father's God who helps you, by the Almighty who will keep on blessing you with blessings from heaven above, with blessings from the deepest ocean, with blessing from the breasts and the womb.

25by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

26Your father's blessings will prove to be stronger than blessings from the eternal mountains or bounties from the everlasting hills. May they come to rest on Joseph's head, May they be set upon the brow of the one who was separated from his own brothers."

26The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

27"Benjamin is vicious like a wolf; what he kills in the morning he devours in the evening."

27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

28That's how Israel blessed these twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father told them when he pronounced his blessing for them, blessing each one with a blessing suitable for them.

28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

29In his last words, Jacob issued this set of instructions to them all: "I'm about to join our ancestors. Bury me alongside my ancestors in the cave in the field that used to belong to Ephron the Hittite.

29Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

30It's the cave in the field near Mamre at Machpelah in the land of Canaan that Abraham bought to serve as a cemetery.

30The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

31It's where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, where Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and where I buried Leah.

31There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

32Both the field and the cave that's in it were purchased from the Hittites."

32The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

33After concluding this set of instructions to his sons, Jacob tucked his feet up into bed, quit breathing, and was gathered to his ancestors.

33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

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