Genesis 49

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

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WEBJacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
KJVAnd Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
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WEBAssemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
KJVGather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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WEB“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
KJVReuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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WEBBoiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
KJVUnstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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WEB“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
KJVSimeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
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WEBMy soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
KJVO my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
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WEBCursed 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.
KJVCursed 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.
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WEB“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
KJVJudah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
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WEBJudah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
KJVJudah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
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WEBThe scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
KJVThe sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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WEBBinding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
KJVBinding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
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WEBHis eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
KJVHis eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
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WEB“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
KJVZebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
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WEB“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
KJVIssachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
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WEBHe saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
KJVAnd he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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WEB“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
KJVDan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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WEBDan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
KJVDan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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WEBI have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
KJVI have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
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WEB“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
KJVGad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
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WEB“Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
KJVOut of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
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WEB“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
KJVNaphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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WEB“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
KJVJoseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
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WEBThe archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
KJVThe archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
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WEBBut his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
KJVBut his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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WEBeven by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
KJVEven 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 lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
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WEBThe blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
KJVThe 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.
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WEB“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
KJVBenjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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WEBAll these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.
KJVAll these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
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WEBHe instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
KJVAnd he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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WEBin the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
KJVIn the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
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WEBThere they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
KJVThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
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WEBthe field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
KJVThe purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
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WEBWhen Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
KJVAnd when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

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