Genesis 第49章
Jacob Blesses His Sons
149:1 For ver. 1-27, see Deut. 33:6-25Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you 49:1 Num. 24:14; Deut. 4:30; 31:29; Isa. 2:2; Jer. 23:20; Dan. 2:28; 10:14; Hos. 3:5in days to come.
2“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,
listen to Israel your father.
my might, and the 49:3 Deut. 21:17firstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you 49:4 ch. 35:22; 1 Chr. 5:1went up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
6Let my soul come not into their council;
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they 49:6 Josh. 11:6, 9; 2 Sam. 8:4hamstrung oxen.
7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will 49:7 See Num. 3:5-13; Josh. 19:1-9; 1 Chr. 4:24-39divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
49:8 [Job 16:12] your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
49:8 1 Chr. 5:2your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9Judah is 49:9 Rev. 5:5; [Deut. 33:22; Hos. 5:14] a lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
49:9 [Num. 23:24; 24:9]He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10The 49:10 Num. 24:17; Zech. 10:11scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff 49:10 Deut. 28:57from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12His 49:12 Prov. 23:29eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
1349:13 [Deut. 33:18, 19]; Josh. 19:10, 11“Zebulun shall dwell at the 49:13 [Deut. 1:7; Josh. 9:1; Judg. 5:17]shore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
1449:14 Judg. 5:16; [1 Chr. 12:32]“Issachar is a strong donkey,
crouching between the sheepfolds.49:14 Or between its saddlebags
15He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and 49:15 Josh. 16:10became a servant at forced labor.
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17Dan 49:17 Judg. 18:27shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.
1949:19 [Deut. 33:20] “Raiders shall raid 49:19 See 1 Chr. 5:18-22Gad,49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for raiders and raid
but he shall raid at their heels.
2049:20 [Deut. 33:24]“Asher’s food shall be rich,
and he shall yield royal delicacies.
2149:21 [Deut. 33:23]“Naphtali is a doe let loose
that bears beautiful fawns.49:21 Or he gives beautiful words, or that bears fawns of the fold
22“Joseph is 49:22 ch. 41:52; Josh. 17:14, 18a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall.49:22 Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
his arms49:24 Hebrew the arms of his hands were made agile
(from there is 49:24 Ps. 23:1; 80:1the Shepherd,49:24 Or by the name of the Shepherd49:24 Isa. 28:16; Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:4; [Deut. 32:4]the Stone of Israel),
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties 49:26 Deut. 33:15; Hab. 3:6of the everlasting hills.49:26 A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills
May they be 49:26 Deut. 33:16on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
2749:27 [Judg. 20:21, 25; Ezek. 22:27] “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey
and at evening 49:27 Zech. 14:1; [Ezek. 39:10]dividing the spoil.”
Jacob’s Death and Burial
28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
29Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be 49:29 ver. 33; ch. 25:8gathered to my people; 49:29 ch. 47:30bury me with my fathers 49:29 ch. 50:13; [ch. 23:9]in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, 49:30 See ch. 23:16-18which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
3149:31 ch. 23:19; 25:9There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There 49:31 ch. 35:29they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah—
32the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.”
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