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He washed his garments in wine, Up to the utmost bound of the
And his clothes in the blood of grapes. everlasting hills.
12 His eyes are darker than wine, They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And his teeth whiter than milk. And on the crown of the head of him
who was separate from his brothers.
13 “Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the
sea; 27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
He shall become a haven for ships, In the morning he shall devour
And his border shall adjoin Sidon. the prey,
And at night he shall divide the spoil.”
14 “Issachar is a strong donkey,
Lying down between two burdens; 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and
15 He saw that rest was good, this is what their father spoke to them. And he
And that the land was pleasant; blessed them; he blessed each one according
He bowed his shoulder to bear to his own blessing.
a burden, 29 Then he charged them and said to them:
And became a band of slaves. “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me
with my fathers in the cave that is in the field
16 “Dan shall judge his people 30
As one of the tribes of Israel. of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, the field of Machpelah, which is before
A viper by the path, Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham
That bites the horse’s heels bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as
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So that its rider shall fall a possession for a burial place. There they
backward. buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there
I have waited for Your salvation, 32
18 they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and
O LORD! there I buried Leah. The field and the cave
that is there were purchased from the sons of
“Gad, a troop shall tramp upon him, Heth.” And when Jacob had finished com-
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But he shall triumph at last. manding his sons, he drew his feet up into the
20 “Bread from Asher shall be rich, bed and breathed his last, and was gathered
And he shall yield royal dainties. to his people.
Then Joseph fell on his father’s face
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“Naphtali is a deer let loose; 50 and wept over him, and kissed him.
He uses beautiful words. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the
“Joseph is a fruitful bough,
22 physicians to embalm his father. So the physi-
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A fruitful bough by a well; cians embalmed Israel. Forty days were
His branches run over the wall. required for him, for such are the days
23 The archers have bitterly required for those who are embalmed; and the
grieved him, Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Shot at him and hated him. 4 Now when the days of his mourning were
24 But his bow remained in strength, past, Joseph spoke to the household of
And the arms of his hands were made Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in
strong your eyes, please speak in the hearing of
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By the hands of the Mighty God of Pharaoh, saying, ‘My father made me swear,
Jacob saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave
(From there is the Shepherd, the Stone which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan,
of Israel), there you shall bury me.” Now therefore,
25 By the God of your father who will please let me go up and bury my father, and I
help you, will come back.’ ”
And by the Almighty who will bless 6 And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your
you father, as he made you swear.”
With blessings of heaven above, 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; and
Blessings of the deep that lies with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh,
beneath, the elders of his house, and all the elders of
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Blessings of the breasts and of the the land of Egypt, as well as all the house of
womb. Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house.
26 The blessings of your father Only their little ones, their flocks, and their
Have excelled the blessings of my herds they left in the land of Goshen. And
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ancestors, there went up with him both chariots and
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