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121
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glish (ES V)

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i!JONi1

i11"lN1
J" -

IT

gather-together

t- I-may-tell

1".l:J .

iQ N 1

l'IT. T

sons-of-him

and-he-said

j?i} 2 : tJ" l)!t jl n"inN::i o :mN

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emble

the-days

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1:

preeminence-of

power-of-me

.,

iliin

possess-you-preeminence

!W '?l.P s
Simeon

not

he-went-up

couch-of-me

you-defiled then

O i?..7 D

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J"

N":J.,i

i1"iN

and-as-lioness

as-lion

l" T

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nor-ruling-staff

binding

O:J
< ""

he-washes

i71

obedience-of

peoples

i.J.hN
,.,

-:

female-donkey-of-him

:r-r;

"J.f

-., 11'

J T

he-shall-come

to-you

fl"

-<

neck of your enemies;

your father's sons shall bow
down before you.

Judah is a lion's cub;

from the prey, my son, you
have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched

:U"i?;

that

until

and-to-the-choicest-vine donkey-of-him

,.,;.li
l'IT ;

" Judah, your brothers shall praise

you;
your hand shall be on the

he-rouses-him

not

N:J."

:r7

n";v
I

he-shall-depart

fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!

you-have-gone-up

-N; 10

hamstrung oxen.
Cursed be their anger, for it is

I will divide them in Jacob

and scatter them in Israel.

"ti

iiO"

and in their willfulness they

in-Jacob

sons-of

father-of-you

their company.
For in their anger they killed
men,

brothers-of-you

hand-of-you

council;

0 my glory, be not joined to

:i pf

-: -

son-of

swords.
Let my soul come not into their

ii) 7

- T

and-to-him Shiloh

" Simeon and Levi are brothers;

weapons of violence are their

being-cursed

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v1

;;?'w

".l:J

may-she-come

nose-of-them

l""

N :J.n
T

he-bowed-down

scepter

l"""

soul-of-me

=.,

cub-of

from-Judah

,.,.

and-I -will-scatter-them

<

l'?-1

have preeminence,
because you went up to your
father's bed;
then you defiled it-he went
up to my couch!

you-went-up

in-nose-of-them

iil 9

he-crouched

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<"

i1iii1"1)

from-between

on-neck-of

lion

Judah

"1)

Unstable as water, you shall not

they-killed

for

tilf

who

in-Israel

";J;N

I ..

i1iii1" hl

from-prey

b!:lN:J.

W "?.

fierce

i1iii1" 8 :;Niiv":J

ones-being-hostile-to-you

son-of-me

o .p1 l

".l:J

: .J T

men

and-wrath-of-them

Judah

of my strength,
preeminent in power.

llii1

for

bed-of

"WJ

in -assembly-of-them

and-in-pleasure-of-them

you

they-shall-bow-down

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not

lT

a :imnw"
)

- ;N

she-is-cruel

qi"

father-of-you

" Reuben, you are my firstborn,

preeminent in dignity and

: r::

., ,,,

and-preeminence-of

J"" :

" Assemble and listen, 0 sons of

Jacob,
listen to Israel your father.

":J.u>n n";V

JT

lT

my might, and the firstfruits

and-Levi

happen to you in days to co.me.

in"i

IT

powerful

O.li:J.i

they-shall-praise-you

firstborn-of-me

tJ"nN

i1 .t:1Wi? "?.

I-will-divide-them

you

Then Jacob called his sons

and said, "Gather yourselves

together, that I may tell you what shall

brothers

may-he-be-joined

they-hamstrung

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r :

49

Jacob Blesses His Sons

.,,

glory-of-me

oxen

weapons-of

for

- :iijpl:J

onn

i nn

:iio/

and-listen

violence

.,,j:J
:

sons-of

:Oi1"n1n

":l

J-

l-

umu>i

swords-of-them

r:

to-you

".l:J

- <-

reckless

i1r-1N

t n!:l 4 :tl]

as-the-water

n;;n tN

,.,.

o:Q
)

J :

Jacob

and-firstfruit -of strength-of-me

"Vi"

b1b:J 6

what

l"

: ;i;v

in -council-of-them

<"

"nj

J"

- ;N

IT T

and-listen

n"WNi1

,.,.

because

to

".JiN

- iw nN o:J;

he-shall-happen

49

then-he-called

Jacob

to

NJi?:

with-you

Israel

in"

: J:

not

l":

NJi?1 1

;Niiv" -; u.m wi :i

father-of-you

l""

gnity

in -future-of

:O":J.N

Reuben

Nl.zi:

r -:

GENESIS 49: 1 - 1 1

feet-of-him

t#.7

10

as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares
rouse him?
The scepter shall not depart
from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from
between his feet,

to-the-vine

until tribute comes to him;4

and to him shall be the
11

obedience of the peoples.

Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey's colt to the
choice vine,
he has washed his garments in
wine

49:8 a sic L; many Hebrew manuscripts and editions, i1 -

49: 10

p i?'1P

49: 1 1

p i1'l?

4 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation

yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum)
until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until
Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh