| 1 | Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come. | Dt 31:12 Dt 31:28 Dt 31:29 Dt 33:1-29 Ps 25:14 Ps 105:15 Isa 22:14 Isa 53:1 Dn 2:47 Dn 10:1 Am 3:7 Lk 2:26 Ro 1:17 Ro 1:18 Heb 10:24 Heb 10:25 Heb 13:1 Rev 4:1 |
| 2 | Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob; Listen to Israel, your father. | Ps 34:11 Pr 1:8 Pr 1:9 Pr 4:1-4 Pr 5:1 Pr 6:20 Pr 7:1 Pr 7:24 Pr 8:32 Pr 23:22 Pr 23:26 |
| 3 | "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. | Gn 29:32 Gn 46:8 Gn 48:18 Nm 1:20 Nm 26:5 1Ch 2:1 1Ch 5:1 1Ch 5:3 |
| 4 | 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. | Jm 1:6-8 2Pe 2:14 2Pe 3:16 |
| 5 | "Simeon and Levi are brothers; Weapons of violence are their swords. | Gn 29:33 Gn 29:34 Gn 34:25-31 Gn 46:10 Gn 46:11 Pr 18:9 |
| 6 | 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. | Jg 5:21 Ps 42:5 Ps 42:11 Ps 43:5 Ps 103:1 Jer 4:19 Lk 12:19 |
| 7 | Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; Their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, Scatter them in Israel. | 2Sa 13:15 2Sa 13:22-28 Pr 26:24 Pr 26:25 Pr 27:3 |
| 8 | "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. | Gn 29:35 Gn 44:18-34 Gn 46:12 Dt 33:7 1Ch 5:2 Ps 76:1 Heb 7:14 |
| 9 | 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? | Hos 5:4 Hos 5:14 1Co 15:24 Rev 5:5 |
| 10 | 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. | Nm 24:17 Ps 60:7 Jer 30:21 Hos 11:12 Ezk 19:11 Ezk 19:14 Zc 10:11 |
| 11 | 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: | Isa 63:1-3 |
| 12 | His eyes will be red with wine, His teeth white with milk. | Pr 23:29 |
| 13 | "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon. | Gn 30:20 Dt 33:18 Dt 33:19 Jsh 19:10-16 |
| 14 | "Issachar is a strong donkey, Couching down between the sheepfolds. | Gn 30:18 Dt 33:18 Jsh 19:17-23 Jg 5:15 Jg 10:1 1Ch 12:32 |
| 15 | 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. | Jsh 14:15 Jg 3:11 2Sa 7:1 |
| 16 | "Dan will judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. | Gn 30:6 Nm 10:25 Dt 33:22 Jg 13:2 Jg 13:24 Jg 13:25 Jg 15:20 Jg 18:1 Jg 18:2 |
| 17 | Dan will be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That bites the horse`s heels, So that his rider falls backward. | Jg 14:1-15 Jg 16:22-30 Jg 18:22-31 1Ch 12:35 |
| 18 | I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh. | Ps 14:7 Ps 25:6 Ps 40:1 Ps 62:1 Ps 62:5 Ps 85:7 Ps 119:41 Ps 119:166 Ps 119:174 Ps 123:2 Ps 130:5 Isa 8:17 Isa 25:9 Isa 36:8 Isa 30:18 Isa 33:2 Lam 3:25 Mic 7:7 Mt 1:21 Mk 15:43 Lk 1:30 Lk 2:25 Lk 2:30 Lk 23:51 Ro 8:19 Ro 8:25 Ga 5:5 1Th 1:10 |
| 19 | "Gad, a troop will press on him; But he will press on their heel. | Gn 30:11 Gn 46:16 Nm 32:1-42 Dt 33:20 Dt 33:21 Jsh 13:8 Jg 10:1-11 1Ch 3:18-22 1Ch 5:11-22 1Ch 5:26-22 |
| 20 | Out of Asher his bread will be fat, He will yield royal dainties. | Gn 30:13 Gn 46:17 Dt 33:24 Dt 33:25 Jsh 19:24-31 |
| 21 | "Naphtali is a doe set free, Who bears beautiful fawns. | Gn 30:8 Gn 46:24 Dt 33:23 Jsh 19:32-39 Jg 4:6 Jg 4:10 Jg 5:18 Ps 18:33 Ps 18:34 Mt 4:15 Mt 4:16 |
| 22 | "Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a spring; His branches run over the wall. | Gn 30:22-24 Gn 41:52 Gn 46:27 Gn 48:1 Gn 48:5 Gn 48:16 Gn 48:19 Gn 48:20 Nm 32:1-42 Dt 33:17 Jsh 16:1-10 Jsh 17:14-17 Ps 1:1-3 Ps 128:1 Ps 128:3 Ezk 19:11 |
| 23 | The archers have sorely grieved him, Shot at him, and persecute him: | Gn 37:4 Gn 37:18 Gn 37:24 Gn 37:28 Gn 39:7-20 Gn 42:21 Ps 64:3 Ps 118:13 Jn 16:33 Ac 14:22 |
| 24 | But his bow abode in strength, The arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), | Ne 6:9 Ps 27:14 Ps 28:8 Ps 89:1 Col 1:11 2Ti 4:17 |
| 25 | Even 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 couches beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. | Gn 28:13 Gn 28:21 Gn 35:3 Gn 43:23 Dt 8:17 Dt 28:12 Dt 33:1 Dt 33:13-17 |
| 26 | The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Than the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers. | Gn 27:27-29 Gn 27:39-29 Gn 27:40-29 Gn 28:3 Gn 28:4 Eph 1:3 |
| 27 | "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning she will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil." | Gn 35:18 Gn 46:21 Dt 33:12 |
| 28 | All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing. | Nm 23:24 Es 8:7 Es 8:9 Es 8:11 Es 9:1-10 Ezk 39:8-10 Zc 14:1-7 |
| 29 | He charged 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, | Ro 12:6-21 |
| 30 | 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. | Gn 23:8 |
| 31 | There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah: | Gn 23:3 Gn 23:16-20 Gn 25:9 Gn 35:29 Gn 47:30 Gn 50:13 Ac 7:16 |
| 32 | the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth." | Gn 23:17-20 |
| 33 | When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people. | Gn 49:1 Gn 49:24-26 Jsh 24:27-29 Heb 11:22 |
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