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Genesis 49 ERV · ERV Bible Reading

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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis forty nine Jacob blesses his sons.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Jacob called all of his sons to him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said, My sons, come here to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will tell you what will happen in the future.
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  SPEAKER_00: Children of Jacob gather around.
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  SPEAKER_00: Come listen to Israel, your father.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reuben, my first son, you are my strength, the first proof of my manhood.
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  SPEAKER_00: You were the most honored and powerful of all my sons, but your passion was like a flood you could not control, so you will not remain my most honored son.
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  SPEAKER_00: You climbed into your father's bed and slept with one of his wives.
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  SPEAKER_00: You brought shame to my bed, to the bed you lay on.
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  SPEAKER_00: Simeon and Levi are brothers, they are violent with their swords.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will not join in their secret meetings, I will make not take part in their evil plans.
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  SPEAKER_00: They have killed people out of anger and crippled animals for fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: Their anger is so strong that it is a curse.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are too cruel when they are angry.
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  SPEAKER_00: They will not get their own land in the land of Jacob.
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  SPEAKER_00: They will be spread throughout Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Judah, your brothers will praise you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You will defeat your enemies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your brothers will bow down to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Judah is like a young lion.
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  SPEAKER_00: My son, you are like a lion standing over the animal it killed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like a lion, Judah lies down to rest, and no one is brave enough to disturb him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Men from Judah's family will be kings.
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  SPEAKER_00: This sign that his family rules will not leave his family before the real king comes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then many people will obey and serve him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He ties his donkeys to the best grapevines.
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  SPEAKER_00: He washes his clothes in the best wine, his eyes are red from drinking wine, his teeth are white from drinking milk.
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  SPEAKER_00: Zebulin Zebulin will live near the sea.
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  SPEAKER_00: His sea coast will be a safe place for ships.
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  SPEAKER_00: His land will continue as far as the city of Sidon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Isakar is like a donkey that has worked too hard.
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  SPEAKER_00: He will lie down under his heavy load.
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  SPEAKER_00: He will see his land is pleasant and that his resting place is good, but he will agree to carry heavy loads.
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  SPEAKER_00: He will agree to work as a slave.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dan Dan will rule his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dan will be like a snake at the side of the road.
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  SPEAKER_00: He will be like a dangerous snake lying near the path.
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  SPEAKER_00: That snake bites a horse's foot and the rider falls to the ground.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, I am waiting for your salvation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Gad, a group of robbers will attack you and you will chase them away.
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  SPEAKER_00: Asher's land will grow much good food.
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  SPEAKER_00: He will have food fit for a king.
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  SPEAKER_00: Naphtali is like a deer running free, and his words are beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joseph is like a wild donkey, but like a young donkey by a spring, like colts grazing in a pasture.
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  SPEAKER_00: People attacked him and made life hard for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Men with arrows became his enemies, but he won the fight with his mighty bow and his skillful arms.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gets power from the mighty one of Jacob, from the shepherd, the rock of Israel, the God of your father who helps you.
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  SPEAKER_00: May God all powerful bless you and give you blessings from the sky above and from the deep below.
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  SPEAKER_00: May He give you blessings from the breast and the womb.
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  SPEAKER_00: My parents had many good things happen to him, and I, your father, was blessed even more.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your brothers left you with nothing, but now I pile all my blessings on you as high as a mountain.
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  SPEAKER_00: Benjamin is like a hungry wolf.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the morning he kills and eats.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the evening he shares what is left.
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  SPEAKER_00: These are the twelve families of Israel, and this is what their father said to them.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gave each son a blessing that was right for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Israel gave them a command.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said, When I die I want to be with my people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to be buried with my ancestors in the cave of the field of Ephron the Hittite.
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  SPEAKER_00: That cave is in the field of Makpala near Mamre, in the land of Canaan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham bought that field from Ephren so that he could have a burying place.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried in that cave.
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  SPEAKER_00: Isaac and his wife Rebecca are buried in that cave.
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  SPEAKER_00: I buried my wife Leah in that cave.
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  SPEAKER_00: That cave is in the field that was bought from the Hittites.
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  SPEAKER_00: After Jacob finished talking to his sons, he lay down, put his feet on the bed, and died.