Genesis 49
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
49 Then Jacob called his sons, and said: ‘Gather around, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
2 Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel your father.
3 ‘Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my might and the first fruits of my vigour,
excelling in rank and excelling in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel
because you went up on to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—you[a] went up on to my couch!
5 ‘Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.
6 May I never come into their council;
may I not be joined to their company—
for in their anger they killed men,
and at their whim they hamstrung 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 crouches down, he stretches out like a lion,
like a lioness—who dares rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[b]
and the obedience of the peoples is his.
11 Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he washes his garments in wine
and his robe in the blood of grapes;
12 his eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
13 ‘Zebulun shall settle at the shore of the sea;
he shall be a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
14 ‘Issachar is a strong donkey,
lying down between the sheepfolds;
15 he saw that a resting-place was good,
and that the land was pleasant;
so he bowed his shoulder to the burden,
and became a slave at forced labour.
16 ‘Dan shall judge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a snake by the roadside,
a viper along the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that its rider falls backwards.
18 ‘I wait for your salvation, O Lord.
19 ‘Gad shall be raided by raiders,
but he shall raid at their heels.
20 ‘Asher’s[c] food shall be rich,
and he shall provide royal delicacies.
21 ‘Naphtali is a doe let loose
that bears lovely fawns.[d]
22 ‘Joseph is a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall.[e]
23 The archers fiercely attacked him;
they shot at him and pressed him hard.
24 Yet his bow remained taut,
and his arms[f] 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 the Almighty[g] who will bless you
with 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
are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains,
the bounties[h] of the everlasting hills;
may they be on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
27 ‘Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey,
and at evening dividing the spoil.’
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing.
Jacob’s Death and Burial
29 Then he charged them, saying to them, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors—in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan, in the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. 31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried; there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried; and there I buried Leah— 32 the field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.’ 33 When Jacob ended his charge to his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:4 Gk Syr Tg: Heb he
- Genesis 49:10 Or until Shiloh comes or until he comes to Shiloh or (with Syr) until he comes to whom it belongs
- Genesis 49:20 Gk Vg Syr: Heb From Asher
- Genesis 49:21 Or that gives beautiful words
- Genesis 49:22 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Genesis 49:24 Heb the arms of his hands
- Genesis 49:25 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
- Genesis 49:26 Cn Compare Gk: Heb of my progenitors to the boundaries
1 Mosebok 49
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jakob välsignar sina söner
49 Och Jakob kallade sina söner till sig och sade: "Kom hit till mig, så skall jag tala om vad som skall hända er i kommande dagar. 2 Ja, kom samman och lyssna, ni Jakobs söner, hör på Israel, er fader!
3 Ruben, min förstfödde är du,
min kraft och min styrkas förstling,
främst i myndighet
och främst i makt.
4 Du sjuder över som vatten,
du skall inte bli den främste,
ty du besteg din fars bädd.
Då vanhelgade du den,
ja, min bädd besteg han.
5 Simeon och Levi är bröder.
Våldet är deras vapen.
6 Min själ skall inte ta del i deras råd,
min själ skall inte umgås med dem,
ty i sin vrede dödade de män
och i sitt övermod stympade de oxar.
7 Förbannad är deras vrede som är så våldsam
och deras grymhet som är så stor!
Jag skall strö ut dem i Jakob,
jag skall skingra dem i Israel.
8 Juda, dig skall dina bröder prisa.
Din hand skall vara på dina fienders nacke,
din fars söner skall buga sig för dig.
9 Ett ungt lejon är Juda.
Från rivet byte har du rest dig, min son.
Han böjer sig, han lägger sig ner
som ett lejon,
som en lejoninna -
vem får honom att resa sig?
10 Spiran skall inte vika från Juda,
inte härskarstaven från hans fötter,
förrän han som den tillhör[a] kommer
och folken blir honom lydiga.
11 Han binder sin ungåsna vid vinstocken,
sitt åsneföl vid den ädla rankan.
Han tvättar sina kläder i vin,
sin mantel i druvors blod.
12 Hans ögon är dunkla av vin,
hans tänder vita av mjölk.
13 Sebulon skall bo vid havets strand
och bli en hamn för skepp.
Sin sida skall han vända mot Sidon.
14 Isaskar är en stark åsna,
som ligger i ro i sitt hägn.
15 Han såg att viloplatsen var god
och att landet var ljuvligt.
Då böjde han sin rygg under bördor
och blev en arbetspliktig slav.
16 Dan skall skaffa rätt åt sitt folk
som en av Israels stammar.
17 Dan skall vara en orm på vägen,
en huggorm på stigen,
en som biter hästen i foten,
så att ryttaren faller baklänges.
18 Herre, jag väntar på din frälsning!
19 Gad skall trängas av skaror,
men själv skall han tränga dem in på hälarna.
20 Från Aser kommer utsökta rätter.
Kungliga läckerheter skall han ge.
21 Naftali är en snabb hind,
som talar vackra ord.
22 Ett ungt fruktträd är Josef,
ett ungt fruktträd vid källan.
Grenarna når upp över muren.
23 Bågskyttar oroar honom,
de skjuter på honom och ansätter honom.
24 Men hans båge förblir fast
och hans händer och armar spänstiga
genom dens händer som är den Starke i Jakob,
genom honom som är Herden, Israels Klippa,
25 genom din fars Gud, han skall hjälpa dig,
genom den Allsmäktige, han skall välsigna dig
med välsignelser ovanifrån, från himlen,
välsignelser från djupet som ruvar där nere,
välsignelser från bröst och moderliv.
26 Din fars välsignelser når högt,
högre än mina fäders välsignelser,
till de eviga höjdernas härlighet.
De skall vara över Josefs huvud,
över hjässan på honom som är fursten bland sina bröder.
27 Benjamin är en glupsk varg.
På morgonen äter han rov,
på kvällen fördelar han byte."
28 Alla dessa är Israels stammar, tolv till antalet, och detta är vad deras far sade till dem när han välsignade dem. Åt var och en gav han sin särskilda välsignelse.
Jakob dör
29 Sedan befallde han dem och sade: "Jag skall nu samlas till mitt folk. Begrav mig hos mina fäder i grottan på hetiten Efrons mark, 30 i den grotta som ligger vid fältet i Makpela mitt emot Mamre i Kanaans land. Denna mark köpte Abraham till gravplats av hetiten Efron. 31 Där begravdes Abraham och hans hustru Sara, där begravdes också Isak och hans hustru Rebecka, och där har jag själv begravt Lea, 32 i grottan på den åker som köptes av hetiterna." 33 När Jakob hade givit sina söner dessa befallningar drog han upp fötterna i sängen. Och han gav upp andan och samlades till sitt folk.
Footnotes
- 1 Mosebok 49:10 förrän han som den tillhör Dvs Messias, den rätte härskaren. Jfr Hes 21:27. Annan översättning: "till dess Shilo kommer".
Genesis 49
New King James Version
Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
49 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may (A)tell you what shall befall you (B)in the last days:
2 “Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob,
And listen to Israel your father.
3 “Reuben, you are (C)my firstborn,
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you (D)went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of [a]cruelty are in their dwelling place.
6 (E)Let not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united (F)to their assembly;
(G)For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they [b]hamstrung an ox.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
(H)I will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
8 “Judah,(I) you are he whom your brothers shall praise;
(J)Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
(K)Your father’s children shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is (L)a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
(M)He [c]bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
10 (N)The [d]scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor (O)a lawgiver from between his feet,
(P)Until Shiloh comes;
(Q)And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
11 Binding his donkey to the vine,
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
He washed his garments in wine,
And his clothes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes are darker than wine,
And his teeth whiter than milk.
13 “Zebulun(R) shall dwell by the haven of the sea;
He shall become a haven for ships,
And his border shall (S)adjoin Sidon.
14 “Issachar(T) is a strong donkey,
Lying down between two burdens;
15 He saw that rest was good,
And that the land was pleasant;
He bowed (U)his shoulder to bear a burden,
And became a band of slaves.
16 “Dan(V) shall judge his people
As one of the tribes of Israel.
17 (W)Dan shall be a serpent by the way,
A viper by the path,
That bites the horse’s heels
So that its rider shall fall backward.
18 (X)I have waited for your salvation, O Lord!
20 “Bread from (Z)Asher shall be rich,
And he shall yield royal dainties.
21 “Naphtali(AA) is a deer let loose;
He uses beautiful words.
22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a well;
His branches run over the wall.
23 The archers have (AB)bitterly grieved him,
Shot at him and hated him.
24 But his (AC)bow remained in strength,
And the arms of his hands were [g]made strong
By the hands of (AD)the Mighty God of Jacob
(AE)(From there (AF)is the Shepherd, (AG)the Stone of Israel),
25 (AH)By the God of your father who will help you,
(AI)And by the Almighty (AJ)who will bless you
With 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 excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
(AK)Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
(AL)They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
27 “Benjamin is a (AM)ravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
(AN)And at night he shall divide the spoil.”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.
Jacob’s Death and Burial
29 Then he charged them and said to them: “I (AO)am to be gathered to my people; (AP)bury me with my fathers (AQ)in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, (AR)which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place. 31 (AS)There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, (AT)there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah. 32 The field and the cave that is there were purchased from the sons of Heth.” 33 And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:5 violence
- Genesis 49:6 lamed
- Genesis 49:9 couches
- Genesis 49:10 A symbol of kingship
- Genesis 49:19 Lit. Troop
- Genesis 49:19 Lit. raid
- Genesis 49:24 Or supple
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