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KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said ,
Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last
days.
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said :
gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter
days.
Gather
yourselves together
, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Assemble
yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
Reuben, thou art my firstborn
, my might, and the beginning of my strength ,
the excellency
of dignity, and the excellency
of power :
Reuben, thou art my first-born
, my might, and the beginning of my strength ;
The pre-eminence
of dignity, and the pre-eminence
of power .
Unstable
as water, thou shalt not excel
; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Boiling
over
as water, thou shalt not have
the
pre-eminence
; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments
of cruelty
are in
their habitations
.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons
of violence
are their swords
.
O my soul, come not thou into their secret
; unto their assembly, mine
honor
, be not thou united :
for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged
down
a
wall
.
O my soul, come not thou into their council
; Unto their assembly, my
glory
, be not thou united ;
For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked
an
ox
.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Judah, thou
art
he
whom
thy brethren shall
praise: thy hand shall be in
the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children
shall bow down before thee.
Judah, thee
shall
thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on
the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons
shall bow down before thee.
Judah is a lion's whelp :
from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an
old
lion
; who shall rouse him up?
Judah is a lion's whelp ;
From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a
lioness
; who shall rouse him up?
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a
lawgiver
from between his feet, until Shiloh come ;
and unto him shall the gathering
of the people
be.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the
ruler's
staff
from between his feet, Until Shiloh come :
And unto him shall the obedience
of the peoples
be.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes
in the blood of grapes:
Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He hath
washed his garments in wine, And his vesture
in the blood of grapes:
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an
haven of ships; and his border shall be unto
Zidon
.
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a
haven of ships; And his border shall be upon
Sidon
.
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two
burdens
:
Issachar is a strong ass ,
Couching down between the
sheepfolds
:
And he saw that rest
was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto
tribute
.
And he saw a
resting-place
that it
was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he
bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under
taskwork
.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan shall be a serpent by
the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse
heels, so that his rider shall
fall
backward.
Dan shall be a serpent in
the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's
heels, So that his rider falleth
backward.
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD
.
I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah
.
Gad, a troop shall overcome
him :
but he shall overcome
at
the
last
.
Gad, a troop shall press
upon
him ;
But he shall press
upon
their
heel
.
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Out of the
Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even
a fruitful bough by a well
; whose
branches run over the wall :
Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain
; His
branches run over the wall .
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated
him:
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecute
him:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God
of Jacob ;
(from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel :
)
But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong ,
By the hands of the Mighty One
of Jacob ,
(From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel) ,
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee ;
and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth
under
, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb :
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee ,
And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee ,
With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth
beneath
, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb .
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Benjamin shall
raven
as
a wolf: in the morning he
shall devour the prey, and at night
he shall divide the spoil.
Benjamin is
a wolf that
raveneth
: In the morning she
shall devour the prey, And at even
he shall divide the spoil.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them ,
and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of
Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace
.
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from
Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place
.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah .
there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah :
The purchase
of
the
field and of
the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
the field and the cave that is therein ,
which
was purchased
from the children of Heth.
And when Jacob had
made an end of commanding
his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
And when Jacob made an end of charging
his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
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