9. Judah 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?
10. The sceptre shall not be taken from Judah, nor the lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11. Binding his foal unto the vine and his ass’s colt unto the choice roots; he washed his garments in wine and his covering in the blood of grapes;
12. His eyes red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13. Zebulun shall dwell at the port of the sea; and he shall be for a port of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
14. Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens;
15. and 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.
16. Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18. I have waited for thy saving health, O Lord.
19. Gad, an army shall invade him, but he shall invade at the last.
20. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield delight unto the king.
21. Naphtali is a hind let loose, who shall give forth a good word.
22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a fountain, whose daughters run over the wall.
23. The arches have sorely grieved him and shot at him and hated him;