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Genesis 49:32 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 Then Jacob called all his sons to him. He said, "All my sons, come here to me. I will tell you what will happen in the future.
2 "Children of Jacob, gather around. Come listen to Israel, your father.
3 "Reuben, my first son, you are my strength, the first proof of my manhood. You were the most honored and powerful of all my sons.
4 But your passion was like a flood you couldn't control. So you will not remain my most honored son. You climbed into your father's bed and slept with one of his wives. You brought shame to my bed, to the bed you lay on.
5 "Simeon and Levi are brothers. They are violent with their swords.
6 I will not join in their secret meetings. I will not take part in their evil plans. They have killed people out of anger and crippled animals for fun.
7 Their anger is so strong that it is a curse. They are too cruel when they are angry. They will not get their own land in the land of Jacob. They will be spread throughout Israel.
8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will defeat your enemies. Your brothers will bow down to you.
9 Judah is like a young lion. My son, you are like a lion standing over the animal it killed. Like a lion, Judah lies down to rest, and no one is brave enough to disturb him.
10 Men from Judah's family will be kings. The sign that his family rules will not leave his family before the real king comes. Then many people will obey and serve him.
11 He ties his donkeys to the best grapevines. He washes his best clothes in wine, the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes are red from drinking wine. His teeth are white from drinking milk.
13 "Zebulun will live near the sea. His seacoast will be a safe place for ships. His land will continue as far as the city of Sidon.
14 "Issachar is like a donkey that has worked too hard. He will lie down under his heavy load.
15 He will see his land is pleasant and that his resting place is good. But he will agree to carry heavy loads; he will agree to work as a slave.
16 "Dan will rule his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan will be like a snake at the side of the road. He will be like a dangerous snake lying near the path. That snake bites a horse's foot, and the rider falls to the ground.
18 "Lord, I am waiting for your salvation.
19 "A group of robbers will attack Gad, but Gad will chase them away.
20 "Asher's land will grow much good food. He will have food fit for a king!
21 "Naphtali is like a deer running free, and his words are beautiful.
22 "Joseph is like a wild donkey, like a young donkey by a spring, like colts grazing in a pasture.
23 People attacked him and made life hard for him. Men with arrows became his enemies.
24 But he won the fight with his mighty bow and his skillful arms. He gets power from the Mighty One of Jacob, from the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
25 the God of your father who helps you. "May God All-Powerful bless you and give you blessings from the sky above and from the deep below. May he give you blessings from breast and womb.
26 My parents had many good things happen to them. And I, your father, was blessed even more. Your brothers left you with nothing. But now I pile all my blessings on you, as high as a mountain.
27 "Benjamin is like a hungry wolf. In the morning he kills and eats. In the evening he shares what is left."
28 These are the twelve families of Israel. And this is what their father said to them. He gave each son a blessing that was right for him.
29 Then Israel gave them a command. He said, "When I die, I want to be with my people. I want to be buried with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
30 That cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan. Abraham bought that field from Ephron so that he could have a burying place.
31 Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried in that cave. Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried in that cave. I buried my wife Leah in that cave.
32 That cave is in the field that was bought from the Hittites."
33 After Jacob finished talking to his sons, he lay down, put his feet back on the bed, and died.
1 And Jacob H3290 called H7121 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP his sons H1121 CMP-3MS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Gather yourselves together H622 , that I may tell H5046 you that which H834 RPRO shall befall H7122 you in the last H319 days H3117 D-NMP .
2 Gather yourselves together H6908 , and hear H8085 , ye sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 ; and hearken H8085 unto H413 PREP Israel H3478 your father H1 .
3 Reuben H7205 , thou H859 PPRO-2MS art my firstborn H1060 , my might H3581 CMS-1MS , and the beginning H7225 of my strength H202 , the excellency H3499 of dignity H7613 VQFC , and the excellency H3499 of power H5794 :
4 Unstable H6349 as water H4325 , thou shalt not H408 NPAR excel H3498 ; because H3588 CONJ thou wentest up H5927 to thy father H1 NMS \'s bed H4904 ; then H227 ADV defiledst H2490 thou it : he went up H5927 to my couch H3326 .
5 Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brethren H251 NMP ; instruments H3627 of cruelty H2555 AMS are in their habitations H4380 .
6 O my soul H5315 CFS-1MS , come H935 VQY2MS not H408 NPAR thou into their secret H5475 ; unto their assembly H6951 , mine honor H3519 , be not H408 NPAR thou united H3161 : for H3588 CONJ in their anger H639 they slew H2026 a man H376 NMS , and in their self H7522 - will they digged down H6131 a wall H7791 .
7 Cursed H779 VWQ3MS be their anger H639 , for H3588 CONJ it was fierce H5794 ; and their wrath H5678 , for H3588 CONJ it was cruel H7185 : I will divide H2505 them in Jacob H3290 , and scatter H6327 them in Israel H3478 .
8 Judah H3063 , thou H859 PPRO-2MS art he whom thy brethren H251 CMP-2MS shall praise H3034 : thy hand H3027 CFS-2MS shall be in the neck H6203 of thine enemies H341 VQPMP-2MS ; thy father H1 \'s children H1121 shall bow down H7812 before thee .
9 Judah H3063 is a lion H738 NMS \'s whelp H1482 : from the prey H2964 , my son H1121 NMS-1MS , thou art gone up H5927 : he stooped down H3766 , he couched H7257 as a lion H738 , and as an old lion H3833 ; who H4310 IPRO shall rouse him up H6965 ?
10 The scepter H7626 CMS shall not H3808 ADV depart H5493 VQY3MS from Judah H3063 , nor a lawgiver H2710 from between H996 his feet H7272 , until H5704 PREP Shiloh H7886 come H935 VQY3MS ; and unto him shall the gathering H3349 of the people H5971 be .
11 Binding H631 his foal H5895 unto the vine H1612 , and his ass H860 \'s colt H1121 NMS-1MS unto the choice vine H8321 ; he washed H3526 his garments H3830 CMS-3MS in wine H3196 , and his clothes H5497 in the blood H1818 of grapes H6025 :
12 His eyes H5869 NMD shall be red H2447 with wine H3196 , and his teeth H8127 white H3836 with milk H2461 .
13 Zebulun H2074 shall dwell H7931 VQY3MS at the haven H2348 of the sea H3220 NMP ; and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall be for a haven H2348 of ships H591 CFP ; and his border H3411 shall be unto H5921 PREP Zidon H6721 .
14 Issachar H3485 is a strong H1634 ass H2543 couching down H7257 VQPMS between H996 PREP two burdens H4942 :
15 And he saw H7200 W-VIY3MS that H3588 CONJ rest H4496 was good H2896 AMS , and the land H776 D-GFS that H3588 CONJ it was pleasant H5276 ; and bowed H5186 W-VQY3MS his shoulder H7926 to bear H5445 , and became H1961 W-VQY3MS a servant H5647 unto tribute H4522 .
16 Dan H1835 shall judge H1777 VQY3MS his people H5971 , as one H259 K-NMS of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 LMS .
17 Dan H1835 shall be H1961 VPY3MS a serpent H5175 NMS by H5921 PREP the way H1870 , an adder H8207 in H5921 PREP the path H734 , that biteth H5391 the horse H5483 heels H6119 , so that his rider H7392 shall fall H5307 W-VQY3MS backward H268 .
18 I have waited H6960 VPQ1MS for thy salvation H3444 , O LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
19 Gad H1410 , a troop H1416 shall overcome H1464 him : but he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall overcome H1464 at the last H6119 NMS .
20 Out of Asher H836 his bread H3899 CMS-3MS shall be fat H8082 , and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall yield H5414 VHFA royal H4428 NMS dainties H4574 .
21 Naphtali H5321 is a hind H355 let loose H7971 : he giveth H5414 D-VQPMS goodly H8233 words H561 CMP .
22 Joseph H3130 is a fruitful H6509 bough H1121 NMS , even a fruitful H6509 bough H1121 NMS by H5921 PREP a well H5869 NMS ; whose branches H1323 run H6805 over H5921 PREP the wall H7791 :
23 The archers H1167 CMP have sorely grieved H4843 him , and shot H7232 at him , and hated H7852 him :
24 But his bow H7198 abode H3427 in strength H386 , and the arms H2220 of his hands H3027 CFD-3MS were made strong H6339 by the hands H3027 M-CFD of the mighty H46 God of Jacob H3290 ; (from thence H8033 M-ADV is the shepherd H7462 VQPMS , the stone H68 GFS of Israel H3478 LMS : )
25 Even by the God H410 of thy father H1 NMS , who shall help H5826 thee ; and by the Almighty H7706 EDS , who shall bless H1288 thee with blessings H1293 of heaven H8064 NMP above H5920 , blessings H1293 of the deep H8415 NMS that lieth H7257 under H8478 , blessings H1293 of the breasts H7699 , and of the womb H7356 :
26 The blessings H1293 of thy father H1 NMS have prevailed H1396 above H5921 PREP the blessings H1293 of my progenitors H2029 unto H5704 the utmost bound H8379 of the everlasting H5769 NMS hills H1389 : they shall be H1961 on the head H7218 of Joseph H3130 , and on the crown of the head H6936 of him that was separate from H5139 his brethren H251 .
27 Benjamin H1144 shall ravin H2963 as a wolf H2061 : in the morning H1242 B-NMS he shall devour H398 VQY3MS the prey H5706 , and at night H6153 he shall divide H2505 VPY3MS the spoil H7998 NMS .
28 All H3605 NMS these H428 PMP are the twelve H8147 tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 : and this H2063 is it that H834 RPRO their father H1 CMS-3MP spoke H1696 VPQ3MS unto them , and blessed H1288 W-VNY3MS them ; every one H376 according to his blessing H1293 he blessed H1288 W-VNY3MS them .
29 And he charged H6680 W-VPY3MS them , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP them , I H589 PPRO-1MS am to be gathered H622 unto H413 PREP my people H5971 : bury H6912 me with H413 PREP my fathers H1 in H413 PREP the cave H4631 that H834 RPRO is in the field H7704 of Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 ,
30 In the cave H4631 that H834 RPRO is in the field H7704 of Machpelah H4375 , which H834 RPRO is before H5921 PREP Mamre H4471 EFS , in the land H776 B-GFS of Canaan H3667 EMS , which H834 RPRO Abraham H85 bought H7069 with H854 the field H7704 D-NMS of Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 for a possession H272 of a burial place H6913 NMS .
31 There H8033 ADV-3FS they buried H6912 Abraham H85 and Sarah H8283 his wife H802 CFS-3MS ; there H8033 ADV-3FS they buried H6912 Isaac H3327 and Rebekah H7259 his wife H802 CFS-3MS ; and there H8033 I buried H6912 Leah H3812 .
32 The purchase H4735 CMS of the field H7704 D-NMS and of the cave H4631 that H834 RPRO is therein was from the children H1121 of Heth H2845 EMS .
33 And when Jacob H3290 had made an end H3615 W-VPY3MS of commanding H6680 his sons H1121 CMP-3MS , he gathered up H622 his feet H7272 into H413 PREP the bed H4296 , and yielded up the ghost H1478 W-VQY3MS , and was gathered H622 unto H413 PREP his people H5971 .