Genesis 49 Parallel Bible

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	BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And Iacob called for his sonnes, and sayde: Come together, that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes.	Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.	Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
2	Gather ye together, & heare ye sonnes of Iacob, hearken vnto Israel your father.	“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.	“Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
3	Ruben my first borne, thou art my myght, & the beginning of my strength, the noblenesse of dignitie, and the noblenesse of power.	“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.	“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
4	Unstable as water, thou shalt not be the chiefest, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bedde: for then defiledst thou my couche with goyng vp.	Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!	Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
5	Simeon and Leui brethren, are cruell instrumentes in their habitations.	“Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.	“Simeon and Levi are brothers— their swords are weapons of violence.
6	O my soule, come not thou into their secretes, neither into their congregations let mine honour be vnited: for in their wrath they slewe a man, and in their selfe wyll, they dygge downe a wall.	Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.	Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
7	Cursed be their wrath, for it was shamelesse, and their fiercenesse, for it was cruell: I wyll deuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.	Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.	Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
8	Iuda, thou art he whom thy brethren shall prayse: Thy hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers children shall stowpe before thee.	“Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you.	“Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9	Iuda is a lions whelpe: fro thy spoyle my sonne thou art come on hye. He layed him downe, and couched himselfe as a lion, and as a lionesse: who wyll stirre hym vp?	Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?	You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10	The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be.	The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.	The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
11	He shall bynde his foale vnto ye vine, and his asses colt vnto the braunche: He wasshed his garment in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes.	Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes.	He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12	His eyes shalbe redde with wine, and his teeth whyte with mylke.	His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.	His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
13	Zabulon shall dwell besyde the hauen of the sea, & nye the haue of shippes, his border shalbe vnto Sidon.	“Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.	“Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.
14	Isachar is a strong asse, couchyng hym downe betweene two burthens.	“Issachar is a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.	“Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down among the sheep pens.
15	And sawe that rest was good, and the lande that it was pleasaunt: and bowed his shoulder to beare, and became a seruaunt vnto tribute.	He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor.	When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.
16	Dan shall iudge his people, and one of the tribes of Israel.	“Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.	“Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17	Dan shalbe a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, bytyng ye horse heeles, and his ryder fell backewarde.	Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that his rider falls backward.	Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
18	I haue wayted for thy saluation O Lorde.	I wait for your salvation, O LORD.	“I look for your deliverance, LORD.
19	Gad, an hoast of men shall ouercome hym: but he shall ouercome him at the last.	“Raiders shall raid Gad, but he shall raid at their heels.	“Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.
20	Out of the fat lande of Aser shalbe his bread, and he shall geue pleasures for a kyng.	“Asher’s food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies.	“Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
21	Nephthalim is a hynde sent for a present geuyng goodly wordes.	“Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears beautiful fawns.	“Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
22	Ioseph is lyke a floryshyng bough, a bough floryshyng by a well syde whose small boughes ran vpon the wall.	“Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.	“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
23	The archers haue greeuously prouoked hym, and shot him through with dartes, they haue hated him to his hinderaunce.	The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely,	With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
24	But his bowe abode fast, and the armes of his handes were made strong by the handes of the myghtie God of Iacob: Out of him shal come an heardman, a stone in Israel.	yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),	But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
25	From thy fathers God which hath helped thee, and from the almyghtie which hath blessed thee with blessinges from heauen aboue, with blessynges of the deepe that lyeth vnder, & with blessynges of the brestes and of the wombe.	by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.	because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb.
26	The blessynges of thy fathers shall be stronger then the blessinges of my elders: vnto the vtmost of the hylles of the worlde, they shalbe on the head of Ioseph, and on the toppe of the head of hym that was seperate from his brethren.	The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.	Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
27	Beniamin shall rauishe as a wolfe: In the mornyng he shall deuour the pray, and at nyght he shall deuide the spoyle.	“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil.”	“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
28	All these are the twelue tribes of Israel: and this their father spake vnto them, and blessed them, euery one of them blessed he with a seueral blessing.	All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.	All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.
29	And he charged them, and sayde vnto them: When I shalbe gathered vnto my people, bury me with my fathers in the caue that is in the field of Ephron the Hethite,	Then he commanded 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,	Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30	In the caue that is in the fielde of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the lande of Chanaan, which Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in.	in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.	the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.
31	Where as were buried Abraham and Sara his wyfe, and where as were buried Isahac and Rebecca his wife: & there I buried Lea.	There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah—	There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah.
32	The fielde and the caue that is therin was bought of the chyldren of Heth.	the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.”	The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.”
33	And when Iacob had made an ende of commaundyng all that he would vnto his sonnes, he plucked vp his feete vnto the bedde, and dyed: and was put vnto his people.	When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.	When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
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