13. Zabulon shall dwell on the sea shore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.
14. Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down between the borders.
15. He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.
16. Dan shall judge his people like another tribe in Israel.
17. Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels that his rider may fall backward.
18. I will look for thy salvation, 0 Lord.
19. Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.
20. Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings.
21. Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
22. Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold; the daughters run to and fro upon the wall.
23. But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.
24. His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel.
25. The God of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26. The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.
27. Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.
28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one, with their proper blessings.