Genesis 49:16-28

English Standard Version

^16 (A)“Dan shall ^(B)judge his people
    as one of the tribes of Israel.
¹⁷ Dan ^(C)shall be a serpent in the way,
    a viper by the path,
that bites the horse's heels
    so that his rider falls backward.
¹⁸ I ^(D)wait for your salvation, O Lord.

^19 (E)“Raiders shall raid ^(F)Gad,^[a]
    but he shall raid at their heels.

^20 (G)“Asher's food shall be rich,
    and he shall yield royal delicacies.

^21 (H)“Naphtali is a doe let loose
    that bears beautiful fawns.^[b]

²² “Joseph is ^(I)a fruitful bough,
    a fruitful bough by a spring;
    his branches run over the wall.^[c]
23 The archers ^(J)bitterly attacked him,
    shot at him, and harassed him severely,
²⁴ yet ^(K)his bow remained unmoved;
    his arms^[d] were made agile
by the hands of the ^(L)Mighty One of Jacob
    (from there is ^(M)the Shepherd,^{[e] (N)}the Stone of Israel),
^25 (O)by the God of your father who will help you,
    by ^(P)the Almighty^{[f] (Q)}who will bless you
    with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
    blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
²⁶ The blessings of your father
    are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
    up to the bounties ^(R)of the everlasting hills.^[g]
May they be ^(S)on the head of Joseph,
    and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

^27 (T)“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
    in the morning devouring the prey
    and at evening ^(U)dividing the spoil.”