6 “aMay Reuben live and not die,
Nor his men be few.”
7 aAnd this regarding Judah; so he said,
“Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people.
With his hands he contended for them,
And may You be a help against his adversaries.”
8 Of Levi he said,
“Let Your aThummim and Your Urim belong to Your bholy one,
cWhom You tested at Massah,
With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
9 aWho said of his father and his mother,
‘I did not consider them’;
And he did not recognize his brothers,
Nor did he know his own sons,
For bthey kept Your word,
And they observed Your covenant.
10 aThey shall teach Your judgments to Jacob,
And Your law to Israel.
bThey shall put incense before You,
And cwhole burnt offerings on Your altar.
11 O Yahweh, bless his substance,
And accept the work of his hands;
Crush the loins of those who rise up against him,
And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again.”
12 Of Benjamin he said,
“aMay the beloved of Yahweh dwell in security by Him,
bWho shields him all the day,
cAnd he dwells between His shoulders.”
13 Of Joseph he said,
“aBlessed of Yahweh be his land,
With the choice things of heaven, with the dew,
And from the deep lying beneath,
14 And with the choice produce of the sun,
And with the choice yield of the months,
15 And with the best things of athe ancient mountains,
And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,
16 And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor aof Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let it come to the head of Joseph,
And to the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.
17 As the firstborn of his ox, splendor is his,
And his horns are the horns of athe wild ox;
With them he will bpush the peoples,
All at once, to the ends of the earth.
And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”
18 aOf Zebulun he said,
“Be glad, Zebulun, in your going forth,
And, Issachar, in your tents.
19 aThey will call peoples to the mountain;
There they will offer brighteous sacrifices;
For they will draw out cthe abundance of the seas,
And the hidden treasures of the sand.”
20 aOf Gad he said,
“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lies down bas a lion,
And tears the arm, also the top of the head.
21 aThen he provided the first part for himself,
bFor there the ruler’s portion was reserved;
cAnd he came with the heads of the people;
dHe did the righteousness of Yahweh,
And His judgments with Israel.”
22 aOf Dan he said,
“Dan is ba lion’s whelp,
That leaps forth from Bashan.”
23 Of Naphtali he said,
“aO Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of Yahweh,
Take possession of the sea and the south.”
24 aOf Asher he said,
“More blessed than sons is Asher;
May he be favored by his brothers,
bAnd may he dip his foot in oil.
25 aYour locks will be iron and bronze,
bAnd according to your days, so your fortitude will be.