Genesis 49:13–27

¹³“^aZebulun will dwell at the seashore;

And he shall be a shore for ships,

And his flank shall be toward Sidon.

¹⁴“Issachar is ¹a strong donkey,

^aLying down between the ²sheepfolds.

¹⁵“And he saw that a resting place was good

And that the land was pleasant,

So he bowed his shoulder to bear burdens,

And became a slave at forced labor.

¹⁶“^aDan shall ^brender justice to his people,

As one of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷“Dan shall be a serpent in the way,

A horned snake in the path,

That bites the horse’s heels,

So that his rider falls backward.

¹⁸“^aFor Your salvation I hope, O Yahweh.

¹⁹“^aAs for Gad, ¹raiders shall raid him,

But he will raid at their ²heels.

²⁰“^1aAs for ^bAsher, his ²food shall be ³rich,

And he will yield royal dainties.

²¹“^aNaphtali is a doe let loose,

He gives beautiful words.

²²“^aJoseph is a fruitful ¹bough,

A fruitful ²bough by a spring;

Its ³branches run over a wall.

²³“And the archers bitterly attacked him and shot at him,

And they bore a grudge against him;

²⁴But his ^abow remained ¹firm,

And ^2bhis arms were agile,

From the hands of the ^cMighty One of Jacob,

From there is ^dthe Shepherd, ^ethe Stone of Israel,

²⁵From ^athe God of your father who helps you,

And ^1bby the ²Almighty who blesses you

With ^cblessings of heaven above,

Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,

Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

²⁶“The blessings of your father

Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors

Up to the ¹utmost bound of ^athe everlasting hills;

May they be on the head of Joseph,

And on the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

²⁷“Benjamin is a ¹ravenous wolf;

In the morning he devours the prey,

And in the evening he divides the spoil.”