Genesis 49:13–27

¹³Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea;

he shall become a haven for ships,

and his border shall be at Sidon.

¹⁴Issachar is a strong ass,

crouching between the sheepfolds;

¹⁵he saw that a resting place was good,

and that the land was pleasant;

so he bowed his shoulder to bear,

and became a slave at forced labor.

¹⁶Dan shall judge his people

as one of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷Dan shall be a serpent in the way,

a viper by the path,

that bites the horse’s heels

so that his rider falls backward.

¹⁸I wait for thy salvation, O Lord.

¹⁹Raiders shall raid Gad,

but he shall raid at their heels.

²⁰Asher’s food shall be rich,

and he shall yield royal dainties.

²¹Naphtali is a hind let loose,

that bears comely fawns.

²²Joseph is a fruitful bough,

a fruitful bough by a spring;

his branches run over the wall.

²³The archers fiercely attacked him,

shot at him, and harassed him sorely;

²⁴yet his bow remained unmoved,

his arms were made agile

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob

(by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel),

²⁵by the God of your father who will help you,

by God Almighty who will bless you

with blessings of heaven above,

blessings of the deep that couches beneath,

blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

²⁶The blessings of your father

are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains,

the bounties of the everlasting hills;

may they be on the head of Joseph,

and on the brow of him who was separate from his brothers.

²⁷Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,

in the morning devouring the prey,

and at even dividing the spoil.”