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Malachi Chapter 49

1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and

3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their

6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall

9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up:

11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for

14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was

16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the

20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal

21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;

27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that

29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried

32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was

33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he