Genesis 49:13–27

¹³Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;

And he shall be for a haven of ships;

And his border shall be upon Sidon.

¹⁴Issachar is a strong ass,

Couching down between the sheepfolds:

¹⁵And 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,

An adder in the path,

That biteth the horse’s heels,

So that his rider falleth backward.

¹⁸I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

¹⁹Gad, a troop shall press upon him;

But he shall press upon their heel.

²⁰Out of 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 bough,

A fruitful bough by a fountain;

His branches run over the wall.

²³The archers have sorely grieved him,

And shot at him, and persecuted him:

²⁴But his bow abode in strength,

And the arms of his hands were made strong,

By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob

(From thence is 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

Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors

Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills:

They shall be on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

²⁷Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth:

In the morning he shall devour the prey,

And at even he shall divide the spoil.