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"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
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Boiling over as water, you shall not have the pre-eminence; Because you went up to your father`s bed; Then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
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"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Weapons of violence are their swords.
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My soul, don`t come into their council; My glory, don`t be united to their assembly; For in their anger they killed a man, In their self-will they hamstrung an ox.
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; Their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, Scatter them in Israel.
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"Judah, your brothers will praise you: Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; Your father`s sons will bow down before you.
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Judah is a lion`s whelp. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, As a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
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The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler`s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
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Binding his foal to the vine, His donkey`s colt to the choice vine; He has washed his garments in wine, His robes in the blood of grapes:
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His eyes will be red with wine, His teeth white with milk.
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"Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
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"Issachar is a strong donkey, Couching down between the sheepfolds.
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He saw a resting-place, that it was good, The land, that it was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant doing forced labor.