1Jacob 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.

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Numbers 24:14, Numbers 24:14, Jeremiah 23:20, Daniel 10:14, Jeremiah 23:20

2Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

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Psalms 34:11, Psalms 34:11, Proverbs 23:26, Proverbs 7:24, Proverbs 6:20

3"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

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Deuteronomy 21:17, Psalms 78:51, Deuteronomy 21:17, Psalms 78:51, Psalms 105:36

4Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

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Genesis 35:22, Genesis 35:22, 1 Chronicles 5:1, 1 Chronicles 5:1, Deuteronomy 27:20

5"Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

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Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:31, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:31, Genesis 29:33

6My soul, do not come into their council. My glory, do not be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

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Genesis 34:30, Genesis 34:30, Psalms 26:9, Psalms 26:9, Psalms 16:9

7Cursed 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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Joshua 19:1, Joshua 19:9, 1 Chronicles 4:24, 1 Chronicles 4:31, Joshua 19:1

8"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.

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Genesis 27:29, Hebrews 7:14, Genesis 27:29, Hebrews 7:14, 1 Chronicles 5:2

9Judah 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?

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Numbers 24:9, Numbers 24:9, Numbers 23:24, Revelation 5:5, Numbers 23:24

10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

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Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, Numbers 24:17, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33

11Binding 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.

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Isaiah 63:1, Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 63:1, Isaiah 63:3, Joel 3:18

12His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

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Proverbs 23:29, Proverbs 23:29

13"Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

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Deuteronomy 33:18, Deuteronomy 33:19, Deuteronomy 33:18, Deuteronomy 33:19, Genesis 30:20

14"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

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Genesis 30:18, 1 Chronicles 12:32, Genesis 30:18, 1 Chronicles 12:32, Deuteronomy 33:18

15He 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.

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Psalms 81:6, Ezekiel 29:18, 2 Samuel 7:1, Matthew 23:4, Judges 3:11

16"Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

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Deuteronomy 33:22, Genesis 30:6, Deuteronomy 33:22, Genesis 30:6, Judges 18:26

17Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

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1 Chronicles 12:35, 1 Chronicles 12:35, Judges 18:22, Judges 18:31, Judges 18:22

18I have waited for your salvation, Lord.

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Psalms 119:166, Psalms 119:174, Psalms 119:166, Psalms 119:174, Micah 7:7

19"A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

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Genesis 30:11, Genesis 30:11, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 5:11, 1 Chronicles 5:22

20"Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

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Deuteronomy 33:24, Deuteronomy 33:25, Deuteronomy 33:24, Deuteronomy 33:25, Genesis 30:13

21"Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

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Deuteronomy 33:23, Deuteronomy 33:23, Genesis 30:8, Genesis 30:8, Genesis 46:24

22"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

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Genesis 41:52, Genesis 41:52, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 128:3

23The archers have sorely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

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Genesis 37:24, Genesis 37:24, Psalms 64:3, Genesis 37:28, Psalms 64:3

24But 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),

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Psalms 132:2, Psalms 132:2, Psalms 132:5, Isaiah 28:16, Psalms 132:5

25even 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.

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Genesis 35:11, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 28:13, Philippians 4:19

26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your 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.

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Deuteronomy 33:15, Deuteronomy 33:16, Deuteronomy 33:15, Deuteronomy 33:16, Habakkuk 3:6

27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."

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Genesis 35:18, Judges 20:25, Genesis 46:21, Ezekiel 22:27, Judges 20:21

28All 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 blessing.

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Revelation 7:4, Revelation 7:4, Esther 8:7, Esther 8:11, Acts 26:7

29He 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,

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Genesis 50:13, Genesis 47:30, Genesis 50:13, Genesis 47:30, Genesis 15:15

30in 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.

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Genesis 23:16, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 23:9, Genesis 23:20

31There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:

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Genesis 35:29, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 50:13

32the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."

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Genesis 23:17, Genesis 23:20, Genesis 23:17, Genesis 23:20

33When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.

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Genesis 49:29, Genesis 49:29, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17