9. Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?
10. The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.
11. Tying his foal to the vineyard, and his ass, 0 my son, to the vine. He shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.
12. His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
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.