Genesis 49:2
Hearken to Israel your father - Let Israel that has prevailed with God, prevail with you.
Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
1 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may atell you what shall befall you bin the last days:
3 “Reuben, you are amy firstborn,
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
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 awent up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.
Because you awent up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.
6 aLet not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united bto their assembly;
cFor in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they1 hamstrung an ox.
Let not my honor be united bto their assembly;
cFor in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they1 hamstrung an ox.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
aI will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
aI will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
8 “Judah,a you are he whom your brothers shall praise;
bYour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
cYour father’s children shall bow down before you.
bYour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
cYour father’s children shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is aa lion’s whe1lp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
bHe bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
bHe bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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