O my soul, come not thou into their secret;Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united:For in their anger they slew a man,And in their selfwill they digged down a wall.…
Binding his foal unto the vine,And his ass's colt unto the choice vine;He washed his garments in wine,And his clothes in the blood of grapes:And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.…
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;And he shall be for an haven of ships;And his border shall be unto Zidon.And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.…
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.And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.…
But his bow abode in strength,And the arms of his hands were made strongBy the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;(From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)…
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee;And by the Almighty, who shall bless theeWith blessings of heaven above,Blessings of the deep that lieth under,Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:…
The blessings of thy fatherHave prevailed above the blessings of my progenitorsUnto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills:They shall be on the head of Joseph,And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.…
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.…
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, …
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. …
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.…
