Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 calleth
unto his sons and saith
, `Be
gathered
together, and
I declare
to
you that which doth
happen
with
you in the latter
end
of
the
days.
Gather
yourselves
together
, and hear, ye
sons of Jacob ;
and hearken unto Israel your father.
`Be
assembled
, and hear, 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 !
my first-born
thou
, My power
, and beginning of my strength, The abundance
of exaltation
, And the abundance
of strength;
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.
Unstable as water, thou art
not abundant
; For
thou hast
gone
up thy father's bed; Then thou hast
polluted
: My
couch
he went up !
Simeon and Levi are brethren ;
instruments of cruelty
are
in
their habitations.
Simeon and Levi `
are '
brethren !
Instruments of violence
--
their espousals!
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
.
Into their secret ,
come
not,
O
my
soul!
Unto their assembly be not united ,
O
mine
honour;
For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated
a prince
.
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 `is'
their anger, for `
it is'
fierce ,
And their wrath, for `
it is'
sharp;
I divide them in Jacob, And I
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 !
thou --
thy brethren praise thee!
Thy hand `is'
on
the neck of thine enemies ,
Sons
of
thy father
bow themselves
to
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
?
A lion's whelp `is'
Judah,
For
prey, my son, thou hast
gone up ;
He hath
bent
, he hath
crouched
as a lion, And as a
lioness
; who causeth
him to
arise
?
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 turneth
not aside
from Judah, And
a lawgiver from between his feet, Till
his
Seed
come; And his
`is'
the obedience
of peoples
.
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 to
the vine his
ass
, And to
the choice vine the
colt
of
his
ass,
He hath
washed in wine his
clothing
, And in the blood of grapes his
covering;
His
eyes
shall
be
red with wine, and his
teeth
white with milk .
Red `are'
eyes
with wine, And white `are'
teeth
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 at a
haven of the seas
doth
dwell,
And he `is'
for a
haven of ships; And his side
`is'
unto Zidon.
Issachar
is a strong ass couching
down
between two burdens:
Issacher
`
is '
a strong ass ,
Crouching
between the
two folds;
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 seeth
rest that
`it
is'
good, And the land that `
it is'
pleasant ,
And he
inclineth
his shoulder to bear, And is
to
tribute
a servant.
Dan shall
judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel .
Dan doth
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 is
a serpent by the way, An adder by
the path, Which
is
biting
the horse's
heels, And
its
rider falleth
backward.
I
have
waited
for thy salvation, O
LORD.
For Thy salvation I
have
waited
, Jehovah!
Gad ,
a troop shall
overcome
him :
but he shall
overcome
at
the
last.
Gad !
a troop assaulteth
him ,
But he assaulteth
last.
Out of Asher his bread shall
be
fat ,
and he shall
yield
royal
dainties.
Out of Asher his bread `is'
fat ;
And he giveth
dainties of
a
king
.
Naphtali is a hind let
loose:
he
giveth
goodly
words
.
Naphtali `
is '
a hind sent
away,
Who
is
giving
beauteous
young
ones
.
Joseph is a fruitful bough,
even
a fruitful bough
by a well;
whose
branches
run
over the wall :
Joseph `
is '
a fruitful son;
A fruitful son
by a fountain,
Daughters
step
over the wall ;
The
archers
have
sorely
grieved
him,
and shot
at
him, and
hated
him :
And embitter
him --
yea
, they
have
striven,
Yea,
hate
him do
archers;
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 :)
And
his bow abideth
in strength, And strengthened
are
the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One
of Jacob ,
Whence
is a
shepherd, a
son
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 :
By the God of thy father who helpeth
thee ,
And the Mighty
One
who blesseth
thee ,
Blessings of the
heavens
from
above, Blessings of the deep lying
under, Blessings of breasts and 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.
Thy father's
blessings
have been
mighty
Above the blessings of my progenitors ,
Unto the limit
of the heights
age-during
They are
for
the head of Joseph, And for
the crown of the one
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 !
a wolf teareth;
In the morning he eateth
prey, And at evening
he apportioneth
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 '
that which
their father hath
spoken
unto them, and he
blesseth
them; each
according to his blessing he hath
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 commandeth
them, and saith
unto them, `
I am being
gathered unto my people ;
bury me by
my fathers ,
at
the cave which
`
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 which
`
is '
in the field of Machpelah, which `
is '
on
the
front
of
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 purchase of the field and of the cave which
`
is '
in
it,
`is'
from Sons
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 Jacob finisheth
commanding his sons, and
gathereth
up his feet unto
the bed, and expireth
, and is
gathered unto his people.
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