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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jacob called for his sons and said: &#8220;Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">listen to your father Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben, you are my firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">my might, the first sign of my strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">excelling in honor, excelling in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">for you went up onto your father&#8217;s bed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">onto my couch and defiled it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon and Levi are brothers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">their swords</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:5 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are weapons of violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let me not enter their council,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">let me not join their assembly,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">for they have killed men in their anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cursed be their anger, so fierce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and their fury, so cruel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">I will scatter them in Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and disperse them in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:8 </span><span class="fq">Judah </span><span class="ft">sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">praise</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> your brothers will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your father&#8217;s sons will bow down to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are a lion&#8217;s cub, Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">you return from the prey, my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">Like a lion he crouches and lies down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">like a lioness&#8212;who dares to rouse him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The scepter will not depart from Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">nor the ruler&#8217;s staff from between his feet,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from his descendants</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">until he to whom it belongs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to whom tribute belongs</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> shall come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">and the obedience of the nations shall be his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He will tether his donkey to a vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his colt to the choicest branch;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">he will wash his garments in wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his robes in the blood of grapes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes will be darker than wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">his teeth whiter than milk.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will be dull from wine, / his teeth white from milk</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will live by the seashore</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">and become a haven for ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">his border will extend toward Sidon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar is a rawboned</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">strong</span></span></span><span class="content"> donkey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="content">lying down among the sheep pens.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When he sees how good is his resting place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">and how pleasant is his land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">he will bend his shoulder to the burden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">and submit to forced labor.</span></span></div>
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