Gênesis 49
Nova Versão Transformadora
Jacó abençoa seus filhos
49 Então Jacó mandou chamar todos os seus filhos e lhes disse: “Reúnam-se ao meu redor, e eu direi o que acontecerá a cada um de vocês nos dias que virão.
2 “Venham e ouçam, filhos de Jacó,
ouçam Israel, seu pai!
3 “Rúben, você é meu filho mais velho, minha força,
o filho da minha juventude vigorosa;
é o primeiro em importância e o primeiro em poder.
4 É, contudo, impetuoso como uma enchente,
e não será mais o primeiro.
Pois deitou-se em minha cama,
desonrou meu leito conjugal.
5 “Simeão e Levi são iguais em tudo;
suas armas são instrumentos de violência.
6 Que eu jamais esteja presente em suas reuniões
e nunca participe de seus planos.
Pois, em sua ira, mataram homens
e, por diversão, aleijaram bois.
7 Maldita seja sua ira, pois é feroz;
maldita sua fúria, pois é cruel.
Eu os espalharei entre os descendentes de Jacó,
eu os dispersarei por todo o Israel.
8 “Judá, seus irmãos o louvarão;
você agarrará seus inimigos pelo pescoço,
e todos os seus parentes se curvarão à sua frente.
9 Judá, meu filho, é um leão novo
que acabou de comer sua presa.
Como o leão, ele se agacha, e como a leoa, se deita;
quem tem coragem de acordá-lo?
10 O cetro não se afastará de Judá,
nem o bastão de autoridade de seus descendentes,[a]
até que venha aquele a quem pertence,[b]
aquele que todas as nações honrarão.
11 Ele amarra seu potro a uma videira,
seu jumentinho a uma videira seleta.
Lava suas roupas em vinho,
suas vestes, no sangue das uvas.
12 Seus olhos são mais escuros que o vinho,
seus dentes, mais brancos que o leite.
13 “Zebulom se estabelecerá à beira-mar
e será um porto para os navios;
suas fronteiras se estenderão até Sidom.
14 “Issacar é um jumento forte,
que descansa entre dois sacos de carga.[c]
15 Quando vir como o campo é bom
e como a terra é agradável,
curvará seus ombros para a carga
e se sujeitará a trabalhos forçados.
16 “Dã governará seu povo,
como qualquer outra tribo de Israel.
17 Dã será uma serpente à beira da estrada,
uma víbora junto ao caminho
que morde o calcanhar do cavalo
e faz o cavaleiro cair.
18 Ó Senhor, espero pelo teu livramento!
19 “Gade será atacado por bandos de saqueadores,
mas os atacará quando baterem em retirada.
20 “Aser se alimentará de comidas deliciosas
e produzirá iguarias dignas de reis.
21 “Naftali é uma gazela solta
que dá à luz lindos filhotes.
22 “José é árvore frutífera,
árvore frutífera junto à fonte;
seus ramos se estendem por cima do muro.[d]
23 Arqueiros o atacaram brutalmente;
atiraram nele e o atormentaram.
24 Seu arco, porém, permaneceu esticado,
e seus braços foram fortalecidos
pelas mãos do Poderoso de Jacó,
pelo Pastor, a Rocha de Israel.
25 Que o Deus de seu pai o ajude;
o Todo-poderoso o abençoe
com bênçãos dos altos céus,
bênçãos das profundezas das águas,
bênçãos dos seios e do ventre.
26 Que as bênçãos de seu pai ultrapassem
as bênçãos de meus antepassados
e alcancem as alturas das antigas colinas.
Que essas bênçãos descansem sobre a cabeça de José,
que é príncipe entre seus irmãos.
27 “Benjamim é um lobo voraz;
pela manhã devora seus inimigos,
ao entardecer divide o despojo”.
28 Essas são as doze tribos de Israel, e foi isso que seu pai disse ao despedir-se de seus filhos. Deu a cada um deles a bênção que lhe era adequada.
A morte e o sepultamento de Jacó
29 Em seguida, Jacó lhes deu a seguinte instrução: “Em breve morrerei e me reunirei a meus antepassados. Sepultem-me com meu pai e com meu avô na caverna no campo de Efrom, o hitita. 30 É a caverna de Macpela, perto de Manre, em Canaã, que Abraão comprou do hitita como sepultura permanente. 31 Ali estão sepultados Abraão e sua mulher, Sara. Ali também estão sepultados Isaque e sua mulher, Rebeca. E ali sepultei Lia. 32 É o campo e a caverna que meu avô, Abraão, comprou dos hititas”.
33 Quando Jacó terminou de dar essa instrução a seus filhos, deitou-se em sua cama, deu o último suspiro e, ao morrer, reuniu-se a seus antepassados.
Footnotes
- 49.10a Em hebraico, de entre seus pés.
- 49.10b Ou até que lhe paguem tributo. Traduzido tradicionalmente como até que venha Siló.
- 49.14 Ou apriscos, ou fogueiras.
- 49.22 Ou José é o potro de um jumento selvagem, / potro de um jumento selvagem junto à fonte, / um dos jumentos selvagens no penhasco. O significado do hebraico é incerto.
Genesis 49
Complete Jewish Bible
49 (iv) Then Ya‘akov called for his sons and said,
“Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you
what will happen to you in the acharit-hayamim.
2 Assemble yourselves and listen, sons of Ya‘akov;
pay attention to Isra’el your father.
3 “Re’uven, you are my firstborn,
my strength, the firstfruits of my manhood.
4 Though superior in vigor and power
you are unstable as water, so your superiority will end,
because you climbed into your father’s bed
and defiled it — he climbed onto my concubine’s couch!
5 “Shim‘on and Levi are brothers,
related by weapons of violence.
6 Let me not enter their council,
let my honor not be connected with their people;
for in their anger they killed men,
and at their whim they maimed cattle.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it has been fierce;
their fury, for it has been cruel.
I will divide them in Ya‘akov
and scatter them in Isra’el.
8 “Y’hudah, your brothers will acknowledge you,
your hand will be on the neck of your enemies,
your father’s sons will bow down before you.
9 Y’hudah is a lion’s cub;
my son, you stand over the prey.
He crouches down and stretches like a lion;
like a lioness, who dares to provoke him?
10 The scepter will not pass from Y’hudah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his legs,
until he comes to whom [obedience] belongs; [a]
and it is he whom the peoples will obey.
11 Tying his donkey to the vine,
his donkey’s colt to the choice grapevine,
he washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes will be darker than wine,
his teeth whiter than milk.
13 “Z’vulun will live at the seashore,
with ships anchoring along his coast
and his border at Tzidon.
14 “Yissakhar is a strong donkey
lying down in the sheep sheds.
15 On seeing how good is settled life
and how pleasant the country,
he will bend his back to the burden,
and submit to forced labor.
16 “Dan will judge his people
as one of the tribes of Isra’el.
17 Dan will be a viper on the road,
a horned snake in the path
that bites the horse’s heels
so its rider falls off backward.
18 I wait for your deliverance, Adonai.
(v) 19 “Gad [troop]— a troop will troop on him,
but he will troop on their heel.
20 “Asher’s food is rich —
he will provide food fit for a king.
21 “Naftali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns. [b]
22 “Yosef is a fruitful plant,
a fruitful plant by a spring,
with branches climbing over the wall.
23 The archers attacked him fiercely,
shooting at him and pressing him hard;
24 but his bow remained taut;
and his arms were made nimble
by the hands of the Mighty One of Ya‘akov,
from there, from the Shepherd, the Stone of Isra’el,
25 by the God of your father, who will help you,
by El Shaddai, who will bless you
with blessings from heaven above,
blessings from the deep, lying below,
blessings from the breasts and the womb.
26 The blessings of your father are more powerful
than the blessings of my parents,
extending to the farthest of the everlasting hills;
they will be on the head of Yosef,
on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
(vi) 27 “Binyamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey,
in the evening still dividing the spoil.”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Isra’el, and this is how their father spoke to them and blessed them, giving each his own individual blessing.
29 Then he charged them as follows: “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave that is in the field of ‘Efron the Hitti, 30 the cave in the field of Makhpelah, by Mamre, in the land of Kena‘an, which Avraham bought together with the field from ‘Efron the Hitti as a burial-place belonging to him — 31 there they buried Avraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Yitz’chak and his wife Rivkah, and there I buried Le’ah — 32 the field and the cave in it, which was purchased from the sons of Het.”
33 When Ya‘akov had finished charging his sons, he drew his legs up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:10 or: until Shiloh comes
- Genesis 49:21 or: that says beautiful words.
Genesis 49
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
49 [a]Then Jacob called his sons, and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in days to come.
2 Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob,
and hearken to Israel your father.
3 Reuben, you are my first-born,
my might, and the first fruits of my strength,
pre-eminent in pride and pre-eminent in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence
because you went up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—you[b] went up to my couch!
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.
6 O my soul, come not into their council;
O my spirit,[c] be not joined to their company;
for in their anger they slay men,
and in their wantonness they hamstring oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down, he couched as a lion,
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him up?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until he comes to whom it belongs;[d]
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 Binding his foal to the vine
and his ass’s colt to the choice vine,
he washes his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes;
12 his eyes shall be red with wine,
and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zeb′ulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
14 Is′sachar is a strong ass,
crouching between the sheepfolds;
15 he saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant;
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and became a slave at forced labor.
16 Dan shall judge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan 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 wait for thy salvation, O Lord.
19 Raiders[e] shall raid Gad,
but he shall raid at their heels.
20 Asher’s food shall be rich,
and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naph′tali is a hind let loose,
that bears comely fawns.[f]
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall.
23 The archers fiercely attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him sorely;
24 yet his bow remained unmoved,
his arms[g] were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob
(by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel),
25 by the God of your father who will help you,
by God Almighty[h] who will bless you
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that couches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains,[i]
the bounties of the everlasting hills;
may they be on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was separate from his brothers.
27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey,
and at even dividing the spoil.”
Jacob’s Death and Burial
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. 29 Then 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, 30 in the cave that is in the field at Mach-pe′lah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah— 32 the field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.” 33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
Footnotes
- 49.1-27 In their present form these “Oracles of Jacob,” blessings pronounced upon his sons as epitomizing the twelve tribes, date from the period of the early monarchy.
- Genesis 49:4 Gk Syr Tg: Heb he
- Genesis 49:6 Or glory
- Genesis 49:10 Syr Compare Tg: Heb until Shiloh comes or until he comes to Shiloh
- Genesis 49:19 Heb gedud, a raiding troop
- Genesis 49:21 Or who gives beautiful words
- Genesis 49:24 Heb the arms of his hands
- Genesis 49:25 Heb El Shaddai
- Genesis 49:26 Compare Gk: Heb of my progenitors to
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