Original 1611 King James Bible (KJV)

Genesis 49

1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. 3 Their blessing in particular. 29 He chargeth them about his burial. 33 He dieth.

 49:1 ¶ And Iacob 3290 called 7121 z8799 vnto x413 his sonnes, 1121 and said, 559 z8799 Gather your selues together, 622 z8734 that I may tell 5046 z8686 you that x853 which x834 shall befall 7122 z8799 you in the last 319 dayes. 3117

 49:2 Gather your selues together, 6908 z8734 and heare 8085 z8798 ye sonnes 1121 of Iacob, 3290 and hearken 8085 z8798 vnto x413 Israel 3478 your father. 1

 49:3 ¶ Reuben, 7205 thou x859 art my first borne, 1060 my might, 3581 and the beginning 7225 of my strength, 202 the excellencie 3499 of dignitie, 7613 and the excellencie 3499 of power: 5794

 49:4 Unstable 6349 as water, 4325 thou shalt not x408 excell, 3498 z8686 because x3588 thou wentest vp 5927 z8804 to thy fathers 1 bed: 4904 then x227 defiledst x2490 thou y2490 z8765 [it]. He went vp 5927 z8804 to my couche. 3326

 49:5 ¶ Simeon 8095 and Leui 3878 [are] brethren, 251 instruments 3627 of crueltie 2555 [are in] their habitations. 4380

 49:6 O my soule, 5315 come 935 z8799 not x408 thou into their secret: 5475 vnto their assembly 6951 mine honour 3519 be not x408 thou vnited: 3161 z8799 for x3588 in their anger 639 they slew 2026 z8804 a man, 376 and in their selfe will 7522 they digged downe 6131 z8765 a wall. y7794 x7791

 49:7 Cursed 779 z8803 be their anger, 639 for x3588 it [was] fierce; 5794 and their wrath, 5678 for x3588 it [was] cruell: 7185 z8804 I will diuide 2505 z8762 them in Iacob, 3290 and scatter 6327 z8686 them in Israel. 3478

 49:8 ¶ Iudah, 3063 thou x859 [art he] whom thy brethren 251 shall praise: 3034 z8686 thy hand 3027 [shall be] in the necke 6203 of thine enemies, 341 z8802 thy fathers 1 children 1121 shall bow downe 7812 z8691 before thee.

 49:9 Iudah 3063 is a Lyons 738 whelpe: 1482 from the pray 2964 x4480 my sonne 1121 thou art gone vp: 5927 z8804 he stouped downe, 3766 z8804 hee couched 7257 z8804 as a Lyon, 738 and as an old Lyon: 3833 who x4310 shall rouse him vp? 6965 z8686

 49:10 The scepter 7626 shall not x3808 depart 5493 z8799 from Iudah, 3063 x4480 nor a Law-giuer 2710 z8781 from betweene x4480 x996 his feete, 7272 vntill 3588 x5704 Shiloh 7886 come: 935 z8799 and vnto him shall the gathering 3349 of the people 5971 be:

 49:11 Binding 631 z8802 his foale 5895 vnto the vine, 1612 and his asses 860 colt 1121 vnto the choice vine; 8321 he washed 3526 z8765 his garments 3830 in wine, 3196 and his clothes 5497 in the blood 1818 of grapes. 6025

 49:12 His eyes 5869 shall be red 2447 with wine, 3196 x4480 and his teeth 8127 white 3836 with milke. 2461 x4480

 49:13 ¶ Zebulun 2074 shall dwell 7931 z8799 at the hauen 2348 of the sea, 3220 and hee x1931 shall be for an Hauen 2348 of ships: 591 and his border 3411 [shall be] vnto x5921 Zidon. 6721

 49:14 ¶ Issachar 3485 is a strong 1634 asse, 2543 couching downe 7257 z8802 betweene x996 two burdens. 4942

 49:15 And he saw 7200 z8799 that x3588 rest 4496 [was] good, 2896 and the land 776 that x3588 [it was] pleasant: 5276 z8804 and bowed 5186 z8799 his shoulder 7926 to beare, 5445 z8800 and became x1961 a seruant 5647 z8802 vnto tribute. 4522

 49:16 ¶ Dan 1835 shall iudge 1777 z8799 his people, 5971 as one 259 of the tribes 7626 of Israel. 3478

 49:17 Dan 1835 shalbe x1961 a serpent 5175 by x5921 the way, 1870 an adder 8207 in x5921 the path, 734 that biteth 5391 z8802 the horse 5483 heeles, 6119 so that his rider 7392 z8802 shall fall 5307 z8799 backward. 268

 49:18 I haue waited x6960 for y6960 z8765 thy saluation, 3444 O LORD. 3068

 49:19 ¶ Gad, 1410 a troupe 1416 shall ouercome 1464 z8799 him: but he x1931 shall ouercome 1464 z8799 at the last. 6119

 49:20 ¶ Out of Asher 836 x4480 his bread 3899 [shall be] fat, 8082 and he x1931 shall yeeld 5414 z8799 royall 4428 dainties. 4574

 49:21 ¶ Naphtali 5321 is a hinde 355 let loose: 7971 z8803 He giueth 5414 z8802 goodly 8233 words. 561

 49:22 ¶ Ioseph 3130 is a fruitfull 6509 z8802 bough, 1121 [euen] a fruitfull 6509 z8802 bough 1121 by x5921 a well, 5869 whose branches 1323 runne 6805 z8804 ouer x5921 the wall. 7791

 49:23 The archers 1167 2671 haue sorely grieued x4843 him, y4843 z8762 and shot 7232 z8804 at him, and hated x7852 him. y7852 z8799

 49:24 But his bow 7198 abode 3427 z8799 in strength, 386 and the armes 2220 of his hands 3027 were made strong, 6339 z8799 by the hands 3027 x4480 of the mighty 46 [God] of Iacob: 3290 from thence x4480 x8033 is the Sheapheard, 7462 z8802 the stone 68 of Israel, 3478

 49:25 [Euen] by the God 410 x4480 of thy father 1 who shall helpe 5826 z8799 thee, and by y854 the Almightie, 7706 who shall blesse 1288 z8762 thee with blessings 1293 of heauen 8064 aboue, 5920 x4480 blessings 1293 of the deepe 8415 that lyeth 7257 z8802 vnder, x8478 blessings 1293 of the breasts 7699 and of the wombe. 7356

 49:26 The blessings 1293 of thy father 1 haue preuailed 1396 z8804 aboue x5921 the blessings 1293 of my progenitors: 2029 z8802 vnto x5704 the vtmost bound 8379 of the euerlasting 5769 hils, 1389 they shall bee x1961 on the head 7218 of Ioseph, 3130 and on the crowne of the head 6936 of him that was separate y5139 from x5139 his brethren. 251

 49:27 ¶ Beniamin 1144 shall rauine 2963 z8799 [as] a wolfe: 2061 In the morning 1242 hee shall deuoure 398 z8799 the pray, 5706 and at night 6153 he shall diuide 2505 z8762 the spoile. 7998

 49:28 ¶ All x3605 these x428 are the twelue 6240 8147 tribes 7626 of Israel, 3478 and this x2063 is it that x834 their father 1 spake 1696 z8765 vnto them, and blessed 1288 z8762 them: euery y834 one 376 x834 according to his blessing 1293 he blessed 1288 z8765 them.

 49:29 And hee charged 6680 z8762 them and said 559 z8799 vnto x413 them, I x589 am to bee gathered 622 z8737 vnto x413 my people: 5971 burie 6912 z8798 me with x413 my fathers, 1 in x413 the caue 4631 that x834 is in the field 7704 of Ephron 6085 the Hittite, 2850

 49:30 In the caue 4631 that x834 is in the field 7704 of Machpelah, 4375 which x834 is before 6440 x5921 Mamre, 4471 in the land 776 of Canaan, 3667 which x834 Abraham 85 bought 7069 z8804 with x854 the field 7704 of x4480 x854 Ephron 6085 the Hittite, 2850 for a possession 272 of a burying place. 6913

 49:31 (There x8033 they buried 6912 z8804 x853 Abraham 85 and Sarah 8283 his wife, 802 there x8033 they buried 6912 z8804 x853 Isaac 3327 and Rebekah 7259 his wife, 802 and there x8033 I buried 6912 z8804 x853 Leah.) 3812

 49:32 The purchase 4735 of the field 7704 and of the caue 4631 that x834 is therein, [was] from x4480 x854 the children 1121 of Heth. 2845

 49:33 And when Iacob 3290 had made an end 3615 z8762 of commanding 6680 z8763 x853 his sonnes, 1121 he gathered vp 622 z8799 his feete 7272 into x413 the bed, 4296 and yeelded vp the ghost, 1478 z8799 and was gathered 622 z8735 vnto x413 his people. 5971