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1야곱이 그 아들들을 불러 이르되 너희는 모이라 너희의 후일에 당할 일을 내가 너희에게 이르리라 2너희는 모여 들으라 야곱의 아들들아 너희 아비 이스라엘에게 들을지어다 3르우벤아 너는 내 장자요 나의 능력이요 나의 기력의 시작이라 위광이 초등하고 권능이 탁월하도다마는 4물의 끓음 같았은즉 너는 탁월치 못하리니 네가 아비의 침상에 올라 더럽혔음이로다 그가 내 침상에 올랐었도다 5시므온과 레위는 형제요 그들의 칼은 잔해하는 기계로다 6내 혼아 그들의 모의에 상관하지 말지어다 내 영광아 그들의 집회에 참여하지 말지어다 그들이 그 분노대로 사람을 죽이고 그 혈기대로 소의 발목 힘줄을 끊었음이로다 7그 노염이 혹독하니 저주를 받을 것이요 분기가 맹렬하니 저주를 받을 것이라 내가 그들을 야곱 중에서 나누며 이스라엘 중에서 흩으리로다 8유다야 너는 네 형제의 찬송이 될지라 네 손이 네 원수의 목을 잡을 것이요 네 아비의 아들들이 네 앞에 절하리로다 9유다는 사자 새끼로다 내 아들아 너는 움킨 것을 찢고 올라 갔도다 그의 엎드리고 웅크림이 수사자 같고 암사자 같으니 누가 그를 범할 수 있으랴 10홀이 유다를 떠나지 아니하며 치리자의 지팡이가 그 발 사이에서 떠나지 아니하시기를 실로가 오시기까지 미치리니 그에게 모든 백성이 복종하리로다 11그의 나귀를 포도나무에 매며 그 암나귀 새끼를 아름다운 포도나무에 맬 것이며 또 그 옷을 포도주에 빨며 그 복장을 포도즙에 빨리로다 12그 눈은 포도주로 인하여 붉겠고 그 이는 우유로 인하여 희리로다 13스불론은 해변에 거하리니 그곳은 배 매는 해변이라 그 지경이 시돈까지리로다 14잇사갈은 양의 우리 사이에 꿇어 앉은 건장한 나귀로다 15그는 쉴 곳을 보고 좋게 여기며 토지를 보고 아름답게 여기고 어깨를 내려 짐을 메고 압제 아래서 섬기리로다 16단은 이스라엘의 한 지파 같이 그 백성을 심판하리로다 17단은 길의 뱀이요 첩경의 독사리로다 말굽을 물어서 그 탄 자로 뒤로 떨어지게 하리로다 18여호와여 나는 주의 구원을 기다리나이다 19갓은 군대의 박격을 받으나 도리어 그 뒤를 추격하리로다 20아셀에게서 나는 식물은 기름진 것이라 그가 왕의 진수를 공궤하리로다 21납달리는 놓인 암사슴이라 아름다운 소리를 발하는도다 22요셉은 무성한 가지 곧 샘 곁의 무성한 가지라 그 가지가 담을 넘었도다 23활쏘는 자가 그를 학대하며 그를 쏘며 그를 군박하였으나 24요셉의 활이 도리어 견강하며 그의 팔이 힘이 있으니 야곱의 전능자의 손을 힘입음이라 그로부터 이스라엘의 반석인 목자가 나도다 25네 아비의 하나님께로 말미암나니 그가 너를 도우실 것이요 전능자로 말미암나니 그가 네게 복을 주실 것이라 위로 하늘의 복과 아래로 원천의 복과 젖먹이는 복과 태의 복이리로다 26네 아비의 축복이 내 부여조의 축복보다 나아서 영원한 산이 한 없음 같이 이 축복이 요셉의 머리로 돌아오며 그 형제 중 뛰어난 자의 정수리로 돌아오리로다 27베냐민은 물어 뜯는 이리라 아침에는 빼앗은 것을 먹고 저녁에는 움킨 것을 나누리로다 28이들은 이스라엘의 십이 지파라 이와 같이 그 아비가 그들에게 말하고 그들에게 축복하였으되 곧 그들 각인의 분량대로 축복하였더라 29그가 그들에게 명하여 가로되 내가 내 열조에게로 돌아가리니 나를 헷 사람 에브론의 밭에 있는 굴에 우리 부여조와 함께 장사하라 30이 굴은 가나안 땅 마므레 앞 막벨라 밭에 있는 것이라 아브라함이 헷 사람 에브론에게서 밭과 함께 사서 그 소유 매장지를 삼았으므로 31아브라함과 그 아내 사라가 거기 장사되었고 이삭과 그 아내 리브가도 거기 장사되었으며 나도 레아를 그곳에 장사하였노라 32이 밭과 거기 있는 굴은 헷 사람에게서 산 것이니라 33야곱이 아들에게 명하기를 마치고 그 발을 침상에 거두고 기운이 진하여 그 열조에게로 돌아갔더라

1Jacob 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. 2Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father. 3“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power. 4Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch. 5“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. 6My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle. 7Cursed 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. 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. 9Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up? 10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be. 11Binding 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. 12His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk. 13“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon. 14“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags. 15He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor. 16“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward. 18I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh. 19“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel. 20“Asher’s food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties. 21“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns. 22“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall. 23The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him: 24But his bow remained strong. 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), 25even 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 lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. 26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers. 27“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.” 28All 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. 29He instructed 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, 30in 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 as a burial place. 31There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah: 32the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.” 33When 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.

1Daarna riep Jakob zijn zonen, en hij zeide: Verzamelt u, en ik zal u verkondigen, hetgeen u in de navolgende dagen wedervaren zal. 2Komt samen en hoort, gij, zonen van Jakob! en hoort naar Israel, uw vader. 3Ruben! gij zijt mijn eerstgeborene, mijn kracht, en het begin mijner macht; de voortreffelijkste in hoogheid, en de voortreffelijkste in sterkte! 4Snelle afloop als der wateren, gij zult de voortreffelijkste niet zijn! want gij hebt uws vaders leger beklommen; toen hebt gij het geschonden; hij heeft mijn bed beklommen! 5Simeon en Levi zijn gebroeders! hun handelingen zijn werktuigen van geweld! 6Mijn ziel kome niet in hun verborgen raad; mijn eer worde niet verenigd met hun vergadering! want in hun toorn hebben zij de mannen doodgeslagen, en in hun moedwil hebben zij de ossen weggerukt. 7Vervloekt zij hun toorn, want hij is heftig; en hun verbolgenheid, want zij is hard! ik zal hen verdelen onder Jakob, en zal hen verstrooien onder Israel. 8Juda! gij zijt het, u zullen uw broeders loven; uw hand zal zijn op den nek uwer vijanden; voor u zullen zich uws vaders zonen nederbuigen. 9Juda is een leeuwenwelp! gij zijt van de roof opgeklommen, mijn zoon! Hij kromt zich, hij legt zich neder als een leeuw, en als een oude leeuw; wie zal hem doen opstaan? 10De schepter zal van Juda niet wijken, noch de wetgever van tussen zijn voeten, totdat Silo komt, en Denzelven zullen de volken gehoorzaam zijn. 11Hij bindt zijn jongen ezel aan den wijnstok, en het veulen zijner ezelin aan den edelste wijnstok; hij wast zijn kleed in den wijn, en zijn mantel in wijndruivenbloed. 12Hij is roodachtig van ogen door den wijn, en wit van tanden door de melk. 13Zebulon zal aan de haven der zeeen wonen, en hij zal aan de haven der schepen wezen; en zijn zijde zal zijn naar Sidon. 14Issaschar is een sterk gebeende ezel, nederliggende tussen twee pakken. 15Toen hij de rust zag, dat zij goed was, en het land, dat het lustig was, zo boog hij zijn schouder om te dragen, en was dienende onder cijns. 16Dan zal zijn volk richten, als een der stammen Israels. 17Dan zal een slang zijn aan den weg, een adderslang nevens het pad, bijtende des paards verzenen, dat zijn rijder achterover valle. 18Op uw zaligheid wacht ik, HEERE! 19Aangaande Gad, een bende zal hem aanvallen; maar hij zal haar aanvallen in het einde. 20Van Aser, zijn brood zal vet zijn; en hij zal koninklijke lekkernijen leveren. 21Nafthali is een losgelaten hinde; hij geeft schone woorden. 22Jozef is een vruchtbare tak, een vruchtbare tak aan een fontein; elk der takken loopt over den muur. 23De schutters hebben hem wel bitterheid aangedaan, en beschoten, en hem gehaat; 24Maar zijn boog is in stijvigheid gebleven, en de armen zijner handen zijn gesterkt geworden, door de handen van de Machtige Jakobs; daarvan is hij een herder, een steen Israels; 25Van uws vaders God, Die u zal helpen, en van den Almachtige, Die u zal zegenen, met zegeningen des hemels van boven, met zegeningen des afgronds, die daaronder ligt, met zegeningen der borsten en der baarmoeder! 26De zegeningen uws vaders gaan te boven de zegeningen mijner voorvaderen, tot aan het einde van de eeuwige heuvelen; die zullen zijn op het hoofd van Jozef, en op den hoofdschedel des afgezonderden zijner broederen! 27Benjamin zal als een wolf verscheuren; des morgens zal hij roof eten, en des avonds zal hij buit uitdelen. 28Al deze stammen van Israel zijn twaalf; en dit is het, wat hun vader tot hen sprak, als hij hen zegende; hij zegende hen, een iegelijk naar zijn bijzonderen zegen. 29Daarna gebood hij hun, en zeide tot hen: Ik word verzameld tot mijn volk: begraaft mij bij mijn vaders, in de spelonk, die is in den akker van Efron, den Hethiet; 30In de spelonk, welke is op den akker van Machpela, die tegenover Mamre is, in het land Kanaan, die Abraham met dien akker gekocht heeft van Efron, den Hethiet, tot een erfbegrafenis. 31Aldaar hebben zij Abraham begraven, en Sara, zijn huisvrouw; daar hebben zij Izak begraven, en Rebekka, zijn huisvrouw; en daar heb ik Lea begraven. 32De akker, en de spelonk, die daarin is, is gekocht van de zonen Heths. 33Als Jakob voleind had aan zijn zonen bevelen te geven, zo legde hij zijn voeten samen op het bed, en hij gaf den geest, en hij werd verzameld tot zijn volken.