## Genesis Chapter 49

###### Genesis 49:1
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וַיִּקְרָ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶל־בָּנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ וְאַגִּ֣ידָה לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov called for his sons and said, Gather around and I will tell you what will happen to you in latter days.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov called to his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob called to his sons and said: Gather together and I will reveal to you what will happen to you in the end of days. [He desired to reveal to them the "end of days" (the time of the Messiah), and the Shechinah departed from him and he began to say other things.]


###### Genesis 49:2
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הִקָּבְצ֥וּ וְשִׁמְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְשִׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֲבִיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Come together and listen, sons of Yaakov; listen to Yisrael, your father.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Ya῾aqov; and hearken to Yisra᾽el your father.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Gather together, and hear, sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father.


###### Genesis 49:3
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רְאוּבֵן֙ בְּכֹ֣רִי אַ֔תָּה כֹּחִ֖י וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית אוֹנִ֑י יֶ֥תֶר שְׂאֵ֖ת וְיֶ֥תֶר עָֽז׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Reuvein, you are my firstborn, you are my strength, and the beginning of my manhood; superior in rank and superior in power.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Re᾽uven, thou art my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Reuven, you are my first-born, my might, and the first of my strength [i.e., the first drop (of semen), Jacob never having emitted semen (until the conception of Reuven)]. [As first-born, yours should have been] an accession of dignity [the priesthood] and an accession of strength [sovereignty],


###### Genesis 49:4
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פַּ֤חַז כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ אַל־תּוֹתַ֔ר כִּ֥י עָלִ֖יתָ מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י אָבִ֑יךָ אָ֥ז חִלַּ֖לְתָּ יְצוּעִ֥י עָלָֽה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Unstable as water, you shall no longer be superior, for you have gone up your father’s bed. You profaned He Who went up on my couch.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then thou didst defile it: he went up to my couch.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[but because of your] precipitousness, like that of [rushing] waters, you shall not gain these accessions. For when you went up on your father's bed [(35:22), this being the "precipitousness"], then you profaned [(the name of) Him, i.e., the Shechinah], who was wont to go up on my bed.


###### Genesis 49:5
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שִׁמְע֥וֹן וְלֵוִ֖י אַחִ֑ים כְּלֵ֥י חָמָ֖ס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Shimon and Levi are brothers. Instruments of violence are their wares.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shim῾on and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are their swords.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Shimon and Levi are brothers, [in one counsel against Shchem and against Joseph]. Tools [of murder] stolen [from the blessing of Esau] are their swords.


###### Genesis 49:6
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בְּסֹדָם֙ אַל־תָּבֹ֣א נַפְשִׁ֔י בִּקְהָלָ֖ם אַל־תֵּחַ֣ד כְּבֹדִ֑י כִּ֤י בְאַפָּם֙ הָ֣רְגוּ אִ֔ישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם עִקְּרוּ־שֽׁוֹר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
My soul will not enter their secret council, let my honor not be identified with their assembly. For in their anger they killed a man, and through their willfulness they maimed an ox.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let my soul not come into their council; to their assembly let my honour not be united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they lamed an ox.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In their plot [against Moses in the episode of Zimri of the tribe of Shimon (Numbers 25:6-25)], let my soul not come [i.e., let my name not be mentioned (as, indeed, it was not, it not being written there (Ibid. 14) "the son of Shimon the son of Jacob."] With their assembly [that of Korach of the tribe of Levi], let my glory not be united, [as, indeed, it was not, it not being written there (Ibid. 16:1) "the son of Levi the son of Jacob"]; for in their wrath they slew a man [Chamor and the men of Shchem], and in their wilfullness they razed [i.e., they would raze] an ox [Joseph].


###### Genesis 49:7
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אָר֤וּר אַפָּם֙ כִּ֣י עָ֔ז וְעֶבְרָתָ֖ם כִּ֣י קָשָׁ֑תָה אֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם בְּיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Cursed be their anger for it is powerful, and their fury for it is cruel. I will divid them throughout Yaakov and scatter them throughout [the land of] Israel.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Ya῾aqov, and scatter them in Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Cursed be their wrath [(but not they themselves)], for it is fierce, and their anger, for it is sore. I shall divide them [from each other] in Jacob [(Levi shall not be counted among the number of the tribes (for inheritance)], and I shall scatter them in Israel.


###### Genesis 49:8
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יְהוּדָ֗ה אַתָּה֙ יוֹד֣וּךָ אַחֶ֔יךָ יָדְךָ֖ בְּעֹ֣רֶף אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ יִשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּנֵ֥י אָבִֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yehudah, your brothers will praise you Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will prostrate themselves to you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yehuda thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Judah! [(Jacob beckoning him conciliatingly upon observing him to move back in fear of reprimand as his brothers had just been reprimanded) You are not as they, but] your brothers will praise you. Your hand [in the days of David (Judah's descendant)] shall be upon the nape of your foes. The sons of your father shall bow down to you.


###### Genesis 49:9
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גּ֤וּר אַרְיֵה֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה מִטֶּ֖רֶף בְּנִ֣י עָלִ֑יתָ כָּרַ֨ע רָבַ֧ץ כְּאַרְיֵ֛ה וּכְלָבִ֖יא מִ֥י יְקִימֶֽנּוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yehudah is like a young lion. You have risen above plunder my son. He crouches, rests like a lion, like an awesome lion, who will rouse him?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yehuda is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[A prophecy concerning David:] A whelp [when Saul was king, at which time David "led out and brought in Israel" (II Samuel 5:2)], a lion [when David became king] is Judah. From [suspicion of] "tearing" ["Joseph is torn; a wild beast (i.e., Judah, 'the lion') has devoured him" (37:33)] you arose, my son [Judah (see Ibid. 26). And you, likewise, rose above having Tamar killed by admitting the truth (Ibid. 38:26). Therefore,] he crouched, he lay down as a lion [in the days of Solomon (I Kings 5:5): "every man (lying) under his vine, etc."], and as a lioness — Who shall rouse him!


###### Genesis 49:10
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לֹֽא־יָס֥וּר שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק מִבֵּ֣ין רַגְלָ֑יו עַ֚ד כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣א שִׁילֹ֔ה וְל֖וֹ יִקְּהַ֥ת עַמִּֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The rod will not depart from Yehudah, nor a law-enforcer from between his feet, until Shiloh Comes, and to him shall be an assembly of nations.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The staff shall not depart from Yehuda, nor the sceptre from between his feet, until Shilo come, and the obedience of the people be his.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The scepter shall not depart from Judah [from David on, (an allusion to) the Exilarchs of Bavel, who rule with the scepter by royal edict], nor a lawgiver from between his feet [(an allusion to) the disciples, the Nassiate of Eretz Yisrael] until Shiloh comes, [the king, Messiah, sovereignty being his (shelo)], and to him will be an assembly of nations.


###### Genesis 49:11
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אֹסְרִ֤י לַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ עִירֹ֔ה וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה בְּנִ֣י אֲתֹנ֑וֹ כִּבֵּ֤ס בַּיַּ֙יִן֙ לְבֻשׁ֔וֹ וּבְדַם־עֲנָבִ֖ים סוּתֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He loads his young donkey with grapes of a vine, and his she-donkey’s foal with a vine-branch. He washes his clothes in wine, and his cloak in the blood of grapes.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass’s colt to the choice vine; he washes his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[A prophecy concerning the land of Judah, which will flow with wine:] He [a man of Judah] will bind to the vine his foal [and will load it from that one vine], and to the [one] vine branch, the colt of his ass. He will wash his raiment in wine, and his garment in the blood of grapes.


###### Genesis 49:12
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חַכְלִילִ֥י עֵינַ֖יִם מִיָּ֑יִן וּלְבֶן־שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵחָלָֽב׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
His eyes are red from wine, and his teeth are white [from an abundance of] milk.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
his eyes are red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His eyes will be red from [the drinking of] wine, and his teeth white from [an abundance of] milk, [his land providing choice pasture for his herds.]


###### Genesis 49:13
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זְבוּלֻ֕ן לְח֥וֹף יַמִּ֖ים יִשְׁכֹּ֑ן וְהוּא֙ לְח֣וֹף אֳנִיֹּ֔ת וְיַרְכָת֖וֹ עַל־צִידֹֽן׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Zevulun will settle on seashores, he will be a harbor for ships; his border will reach to Sidon.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Zevulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; and he shall be a haven for ships; and his border shall be at Żidon.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Zevulun will dwell on the seacoast and he will be found in the harbor, [Zevulun engaging in commerce to supply the needs of Issachar, engaged in Torah study]; and the end of his (border) will be near Tziddon.


###### Genesis 49:14
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יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם רֹבֵ֖ץ בֵּ֥ין הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yissachar is a bony donkey, crouching between the borders.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yissakhar is a strong ass couching down between the sheepfolds:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Issachar is a bony [staunch] ass, [bearing the yoke of Torah], lying down [for repose] between the bounds [of the cities, where he carries his "merchandise"].


###### Genesis 49:15
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וַיַּ֤רְא מְנֻחָה֙ כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב וְאֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ כִּ֣י נָעֵ֑מָה וַיֵּ֤ט שִׁכְמוֹ֙ לִסְבֹּ֔ל וַיְהִ֖י לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He saw that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant; he bent his shoulder to bear the burden; and became a servant to pay the tribute.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he saw that repose [i.e., his portion in the land] was good [and fruitful] and that the land was pleasant, and he lowered his shoulder to bear [the yoke of Torah], and he was [to all of his brothers in Israel] a "taskwork servant" [ruling for them on Torah law and on intercalations].


###### Genesis 49:16
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דָּ֖ן יָדִ֣ין עַמּ֑וֹ כְּאַחַ֖ד שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Dan will avenge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[A prophecy concerning Samson:] Dan shall take vengeance [of the Philistines] for his people, the tribes of Israel [being] as one [with him].


###### Genesis 49:17
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יְהִי־דָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ עֲלֵי־דֶ֔רֶךְ שְׁפִיפֹ֖ן עֲלֵי־אֹ֑רַח הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙ עִקְּבֵי־ס֔וּס וַיִּפֹּ֥ל רֹכְב֖וֹ אָחֽוֹר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Dan will be a serpent on the road, a viper on the path, that bites the horse’s heel so that the rider falls backward.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Dan will be a serpent on the way, a shififon ["hisser"] on the path, that bites the horse's heels, causing its rider to fall backwards. [Samson, by buckling the temple pillars, killed the Philistines in the temple without touching them directly.


###### Genesis 49:18
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לִישׁוּעָֽתְךָ֖ קִוִּ֥יתִי יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For your deliverance, I wait, Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I wait for thy salvation, O Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Your salvation I hope, O L rd. [An allusion to Samson's "Remember me, I pray You, etc." (Judges 16:28) before dying.]


###### Genesis 49:19
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גָּ֖ד גְּד֣וּד יְגוּדֶ֑נּוּ וְה֖וּא יָגֻ֥ד עָקֵֽב׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Gad will be an assailing troop; he will be a troop at their heels.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gad, raiders shall maraud him, but he shall overcome at the last.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Gad, troops (gedudim) will come forth from him. [They will cross the Jordan with their brothers for the conquest of Eretz Israel], and he will troop [back, none missing, in his] tracks [to his inheritance in trans-Jordan].


###### Genesis 49:20
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מֵאָשֵׁ֖ר שְׁמֵנָ֣ה לַחְמ֑וֹ וְה֥וּא יִתֵּ֖ן מַֽעֲדַנֵּי־מֶֽלֶךְ׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
From Asher will come oily food, he will provide delicacies for the king.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[What comes] from [the portion of] Asher, rich shall be his fare, and he shall furnish a royal repast.


###### Genesis 49:21
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נַפְתָּלִ֖י אַיָּלָ֣ה שְׁלֻחָ֑ה הַנֹּתֵ֖ן אִמְרֵי־שָֽׁפֶר׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Naftali is a gazelle-like messenger, he delivers pleasant Sayings.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Naftali is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Naftali is a hind let loose [(an allusion to the Genosar Valley, whose fruits are "quick" to ripen)], evoking words of praise.


###### Genesis 49:22
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בֵּ֤ן פֹּרָת֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף בֵּ֥ן פֹּרָ֖ת עֲלֵי־עָ֑יִן בָּנ֕וֹת צָעֲדָ֖ה עֲלֵי־שֽׁוּר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
A fruitful son is Yoseif, a fruitful son at the well [source]. Daughters tread on the wall.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yosef is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A son of favor is Joseph, a son of favor [alighting] upon the eye [of his beholder]. [The] daughters [of Egypt] would step [upon the wall] to gaze [at his beauty].


###### Genesis 49:23
[Genesis 49:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/49:23)

וַֽיְמָרְרֻ֖הוּ וָרֹ֑בּוּ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ בַּעֲלֵ֥י חִצִּֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They made him bitter and quarreled with him. Expert bowmen with hatred made him their target.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the archers fiercely attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they [(his brothers) and Potiphar and his wife (by incarcerating him)] embittered him, and they [his brothers] became contenders (against him), and the arrow wielders [i.e., the arrow-tongued] hated him.


###### Genesis 49:24
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וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן֙ קַשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיָּפֹ֖זּוּ זְרֹעֵ֣י יָדָ֑יו מִידֵי֙ אֲבִ֣יר יַעֲקֹ֔ב מִשָּׁ֥ם רֹעֶ֖ה אֶ֥בֶן יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
His bow remained in strength, his arms were bedecked with gold, by the hand of Mighty One of Yaakov; from there he became the shepherd [the provider], the stone of Israel.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made supple by the hands of the mighty God of Ya῾aqov; (from thence from the shepherd, the Stone of Yisra᾽el:)

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And his strength was firmly established, and his arms were goldened [(an allusion to the placing of the signet upon his hand)] by the strength of Jacob — whence [he rose to become] the head-stone of Israel.


###### Genesis 49:25
[Genesis 49:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/49:25)

מֵאֵ֨ל אָבִ֜יךָ וְיַעְזְרֶ֗ךָּ וְאֵ֤ת שַׁדַּי֙ וִיבָ֣רְכֶ֔ךָּ בִּרְכֹ֤ת שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ מֵעָ֔ל בִּרְכֹ֥ת תְּה֖וֹם רֹבֶ֣צֶת תָּ֑חַת בִּרְכֹ֥ת שָׁדַ֖יִם וָרָֽחַם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
From the Almighty of your father and He will help you, and Shaddai Who will bless you with the blessings of heaven from above, blessings of the depths that lie below, blessings of seed and womb.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
by the God of thy father, Who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, Who shall bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[This (glory) came to you] from the G d of your father, and He shall abet you; and with the Almighty [was your heart when you resisted your mistress] and He will bless you — blessings of heaven from above, blessings of the deep, lying below, blessings of fecundation [(i.e., the males will beget)] and of womb [(i.e., the females will not miscarry)].


###### Genesis 49:26
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בִּרְכֹ֣ת אָבִ֗יךָ גָּֽבְרוּ֙ עַל־בִּרְכֹ֣ת הוֹרַ֔י עַֽד־תַּאֲוַ֖ת גִּבְעֹ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם תִּֽהְיֶ֙יןָ֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ יוֹסֵ֔ף וּלְקׇדְקֹ֖ד נְזִ֥יר אֶחָֽיו׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The blessings that your father [received] are stronger than the blessings my forebears [received] even to the boundaries of the eternal hills; they shall be on Yoseif’s head, on the crown of him who is a Nazirite among his brothers.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the blessings of thy father are potent above the blessings of my progenitors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Yosef, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The blessings [i.e., G d's blessings] of your father (Jacob) have surpassed the blessings of [G d to] my begetters (Abraham and Isaac), [my blessings being] until the ends of the hills [the four corners] of the world [(28:14)]. They (the blessings) shall [all] descend upon the head of Joseph and upon the crown of him who was separated from his brothers.


###### Genesis 49:27
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בִּנְיָמִין֙ זְאֵ֣ב יִטְרָ֔ף בַּבֹּ֖קֶר יֹ֣אכַל עַ֑ד וְלָעֶ֖רֶב יְחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Binyamin is like a wolf that preys. In the morning he will eat a portion, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Binyamin is a ravenous wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Benjamin is a wolf that will tear [(a prophetic allusion to (Judges 21:21): "And you will snatch for yourselves, etc." and to Saul's conquest)]. In the morning [of Israel's ascendancy] he [Saul] will eat the spoils, and in the evening [i.e., in their decline, the Babylonian exile], he [(Mordechai and Esther, both of the tribe of Benjamin)] will divide the spoil [of Haman].


###### Genesis 49:28
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כׇּל־אֵ֛לֶּה שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֑ר וְ֠זֹ֠את אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֨ר לָהֶ֤ם אֲבִיהֶם֙ וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אוֹתָ֔ם אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כְּבִרְכָת֖וֹ בֵּרַ֥ךְ אֹתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
All these are tribes of Israel, twelve [of them]; and this is what their father spoke to them and he blessed them. He blessed them each with his own unique blessing.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All these are the twelve tribes of Yisra᾽el: and this is that which their father spoke to them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All of these are the tribes of Israel, twelve, and this [i.e., what is stated above] is what their father spoke of them, and he blessed [all of] them; each according to his blessing did he bless "them" [collectively, aside from the individual blessings].


###### Genesis 49:29
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וַיְצַ֣ו אוֹתָ֗ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ אֲנִי֙ נֶאֱסָ֣ף אֶל־עַמִּ֔י קִבְר֥וּ אֹתִ֖י אֶל־אֲבֹתָ֑י אֶ֨ל־הַמְּעָרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּשְׂדֵ֖ה עֶפְר֥וֹן הַֽחִתִּֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He commanded them, and said to them, I shall be gathered to my people; bring me for burial to my fathers, to the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Chittite.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of ῾Efron, the Ḥittite,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he commanded them and he said to them: I shall be gathered unto my people, [(the souls being gathered into a place where they are secreted)]; bury me with my fathers in the cave which is in the field of Efron the Chitti.


###### Genesis 49:30
[Genesis 49:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/49:30)

בַּמְּעָרָ֞ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בִּשְׂדֵ֧ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵ֖א בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ קָנָ֨ה אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה מֵאֵ֛ת עֶפְרֹ֥ן הַחִתִּ֖י לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
In the cave that is in the field of Machpeilah, which faces Mamrei in the land of Canaan; which Avraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron, the Chittite, for a possession as a burial place.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in the cave that is in the field of Makhpela, which is before Mamre, in the land of Kena῾an, which Avraham bought with the field from ῾Efron the Ḥittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the cave which is in the field of Machpelah before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which field Abraham bought from Efron the Chitti for a burial holding.


###### Genesis 49:31
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שָׁ֣מָּה קָֽבְר֞וּ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֗ם וְאֵת֙ שָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ שָׁ֚מָּה קָבְר֣וּ אֶת־יִצְחָ֔ק וְאֵ֖ת רִבְקָ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וְשָׁ֥מָּה קָבַ֖רְתִּי אֶת־לֵאָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
There they buried Avraham and Sarah, his wife, there they buried Yitzchok and Rivkah, his wife, and there I buried Leah.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There they buried Avraham and Sara his wife; there they buried Yiżĥaq and Rivqa his wife; and there I buried Le᾽a.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rivkah his wife. And there I buried Leah.


###### Genesis 49:32
[Genesis 49:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/49:32)

מִקְנֵ֧ה הַשָּׂדֶ֛ה וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ מֵאֵ֥ת בְּנֵי־חֵֽת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The purchase of the field and the cave that is in it was made from the sons of Cheis.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is in it was from the children of Ḥet.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The purchase of the field and the cave that is in it from the children of Cheth.


###### Genesis 49:33
[Genesis 49:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/49:33)

וַיְכַ֤ל יַעֲקֹב֙ לְצַוֺּ֣ת אֶת־בָּנָ֔יו וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף רַגְלָ֖יו אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה וַיִּגְוַ֖ע וַיֵּאָ֥סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov concluded his commands to his sons, and he gathered up his feet, to the bed. He expired and was gathered to his people.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when Ya῾aqov had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his people.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob finished commanding his sons, and he gathered his feet into the bed, and he expired, and he was gathered to his people [("death" not being ascribed to him)].