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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: 
2 “Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob,
And listen to Israel your father.
3 “Reuben, you are amy 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 awent up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch. 
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of1 cruelty are in their dwelling place. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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? 
10 aThe1 scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor ba lawgiver from between his feet,
cUntil Shiloh comes;
dAnd 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 “Zebuluna shall dwell by the haven of the sea;
He shall become a haven for ships,
And his border shall badjoin Sidon. 
14 “Issachara is a strong donkey,
Lying down between two burdens; 
15 He saw that rest was good,
And that the land was pleasant;
He bowed ahis shoulder to bear a burden,
And became a band of slaves. 
16 “Dana shall judge his people
As one of the tribes of Israel. 
17 aDan 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. 
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Genesis 49:3

Reuben thou art my first - born - Jacob here puts upon him the ornaments of the birth - right, that he and all his brethren might see what he had forfeited and in that might see the evil of his sin. As the first - born he was his father's joy, being the beginning of his strength. To him belonged the excellency of dignity above his brethren, and some power over them.




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