Genesis 49:13-27

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹³ “^(A)Zebulun will dwell at the seashore;
And he shall be ^[a]a haven for ships,
And his flank shall be toward Sidon.

¹⁴ “Issachar is ^[b]a strong donkey,
^(B)Lying down between the ^[c]sheepfolds.
¹⁵ “When he saw that a resting place was good
And that the land was pleasant,
He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens,
And became a slave at forced labor.

¹⁶ “^(C)Dan shall ^(D)judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
¹⁷ “Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
A horned snake in the path,
That bites the horse’s heels,
So that his rider falls backward.
¹⁸ “^(E)For Your salvation I wait, O Lord.

¹⁹ “^(F)As for Gad, ^[d]raiders shall raid him,
But he will raid at their ^[e]heels.

²⁰ “^[f](G)As for ^(H)Asher, his ^[g]food shall be ^[h]rich,
And he will yield royal dainties.

²¹ “^(I)Naphtali is a doe let loose,
He gives beautiful words.

²² “^(J)Joseph is a fruitful ^[i]bough,
A fruitful ^[j]bough by a spring;
Its ^[k]branches run over a wall.
²³ “The archers bitterly attacked him,
And shot at him and harassed him;
²⁴ But his ^(K)bow remained ^[l]firm,
And ^[m](L)his arms were agile,
From the hands of the ^(M)Mighty One of Jacob
(From there is ^(N)the Shepherd, ^(O)the Stone of Israel),
²⁵ From ^(P)the God of your father who helps you,
And ^[n](Q)by the ^[o]Almighty who blesses you
With ^(R)blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
²⁶ “The blessings of your father
Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors
Up to the ^[p]utmost bound of ^(S)the everlasting hills;
May they be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

²⁷ “Benjamin is a ^[q]ravenous wolf;
In the morning he devours the prey,
And in the evening he divides the spoil.”