Genesis 49:22-33 ▼

22 Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a spring. His branches run over a wall.

23 The archers will attack him with bitterness, and shoot at him, and harass him.

24 Yet his bow will remain steady, and his arms will be made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

25 by the God of your father, who will help you, and El Shaddai, who will bless you with blessings of the sky above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, and the bounty of the everlasting hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey, and at evening he will divide the plunder.|

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed each one with his own individual blessing.

29 Then 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 Hethite,

30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hethite as a burial place.

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

32 The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the sons of Heth.|

33 When Jacob finished instructing his sons, he drew his legs up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.