Genesis 49:4-14

Genesis 49:4-14

[4] Unstable  as water,  thou shalt not excel;  because thou wentest up  to thy father's  bed;  then defiledst thou  it: he went up  to my couch.  [5] Simeon  and Levi  are brethren;  instruments  of cruelty  are in their habitations.  [6] 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.  [7] Cursed  be their anger,  for it was fierce;  and their wrath,  for it was cruel:  I will divide  them in Jacob,  and scatter  them in Israel.  [8] Judah,  thou art he whom thy brethren  shall praise:  thy hand  shall be in the neck  of thine enemies;  thy father's  children  shall bow down  before thee. [9] Judah  is a lion's  whelp:  from the prey,  my son,  thou art gone up:  he stooped down,  he couched  as a lion,  and as an old lion;  who shall rouse him up?  [10] The sceptre  shall not depart  from Judah,  nor a lawgiver  from between his feet,  until  Shiloh  come;  and unto him shall the gathering  of the people  be. [11] 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:  [12] His eyes  shall be red  with wine,  and his teeth  white  with milk.  [13] 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.  [14] Issachar  is a strong  ass  couching down  between two burdens: