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Genesis 49:8-21 World English Bible (WEB)

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.

9. Judah 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?

10. The 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.

11. Binding 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.

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

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

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

15. He 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.

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

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

18. I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

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

20. “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.

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

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