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Bereshis 49:14-26 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

14. Yissakhar is a strong chamor (donkey) lying down between two saddlebags;

15. And he saw that a menuchah (resting place) was tov, and haaretz that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became oved (submitting, enslaved) at forced labor.

16. Dan yadin (shall judge) his people, as one of the Shivtei Yisroel.

17. Dan shall be a nachash beside the derech, a viper along the orach (path) that biteth the ikkvei sus (the horse heels), so that its rider shall fall backward.

18. I have waited for Thy Yeshuah (Salvation), Hashem.

19. Gad, gedud (raider) shall raid him; but he shall raid akev ([at] the heel).

20. Out of Asher his lechem shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21. Naphtali is a doe let loose; he giveth goodly sayings.

22. Yosef is a ben of a fruittree, even ben of a fruit-tree near an ayin (spring, well); its daughters (i.e., branches) run over the wall;

23. The ba'alei khitzim (archers) provoke him, and shoot at him, and hate him;

24. But his keshet (bow) remained steady, and the arms of his hands remain strong, from the hands of the Avir Ya'akov, from there, from the Ro'eh, Even Yisroel;

25. And from El Avicha, who shall help thee; and Shaddai, who shall make berakhah over thee with Birkat Shomayim above, Birkat Tehom that lieth beneath, Birkat Shadayim and of Rekhem.

26. Birkat Avicha surpass the Birkat of my progenitors unto the utmost border of the giveot olam (everlasting hills); they shall come on the rosh Yosef, and on the brow of the Prince among his achim.

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