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GENESIS
- For in their anger they slew men,
- And in their self-will they houghed oxen.
- 7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce,
- And their wrath, for it was cruel;
- I will divide them in Jacob,
- And scatter them in Israel
- 8Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise;
- Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies;
- Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
- 9Judah is a lion's whelp;
- From the prey, my son, thou art gone up.
- He stooped down, he couched as a lion,
- And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
- 10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
- Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
- As long as men come to Shiloh;
- And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
- 11Binding his foal unto the vine,
- And his ass's colt unto the choice vine;
- He washeth his garments in wine,
- And his vesture in the blood of grapes;
- 12His eyes shall be red with wine,
- And his teeth white with milk.
- 13Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea,
- And he shall be a shore for ships,
- And his flank shall be upon Zidon.
- 14Issachar is a large-boned ass,
- Couching down between the sheepfolds.
- 15For he saw a resting-place that it was good,
- And the land that it was pleasant;
- And he bowed his shoulder to bear,
- And became a servant under taskwork.
- 16Dan shall judge his people,
- As one of the tribes of Israel.
- 17Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
- A horned snake in the path,
- That biteth the horse's heels,
- So that his rider falleth backward.
- 18I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.
- 20As for Asher, his bread shall be fat,
- And he shall yield royal dainties.
- 21Naphtali is a hind let loose:
- He giveth goodly words.
- 22Joseph is a fruitful vine,
- A fruitful vine by a fountain;
- Its branches run over the wall.
- 23The archers have dealt bitterly with him,
- And shot at him, and hated him;
- 24But his bow abode firm,
- And the arms of his hands were made supple,
- By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
- From thence, from the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,
- 25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee,
- And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee,
- With blessings of heaven above,
- Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath,
- Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
- 26The blessings of thy father
- Are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors
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