1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said:…
2Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;…
3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and…
4Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have…
5Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence…
6O my soul, come not thou into their…
7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;…
8Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand…
9Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey,…
10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor…
11Binding his foal unto the vine, And his…
12His eyes shall be red with wine, And…
13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the…
14Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between…
15And he saw a resting-place that it was…
16Dan shall judge his people, As one of…
17Dan shall be a serpent in the way,…
18I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
19Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But…
20Out of Asher his bread shall be fat,…
21Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth…
22Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough…
23The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot…
24But his bow abode in strength, And the…
25Even by the God of thy father, who…
26The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above…
27Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the…
28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel:…
29And he charged them, and said unto them,…
30in the cave that is in the field…
31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife;…
32the field and the cave that is therein,…
33And when Jacob made an end of charging…
