Genesis · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Genesis 49 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
1 وَدَعَا يَعْقُوبُ بَنِيهِ وَقَالَ: «ٱجْتَمِعُوا لِأُنْبِئَكُمْ بِمَا يُصِيبُكُمْ فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ.
1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
2 ٱجْتَمِعُوا وَٱسْمَعُوا يَا بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَٱصْغَوْا إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبِيكُمْ:
2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
3 رَأُوبَيْنُ، أَنْتَ بِكْرِي، قُوَّتِي وَأَوَّلُ قُدْرَتِي، فَضْلُ ٱلرِّفْعَةِ وَفَضْلُ ٱلْعِزِّ.
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
4 فَائِرًا كَٱلْمَاءِ لَا تَتَفَضَّلُ، لِأَنَّكَ صَعِدْتَ عَلَى مَضْجَعِ أَبِيكَ. حِينَئِذٍ دَنَّسْتَهُ. عَلَى فِرَاشِي صَعِدَ.
4 Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
5 شِمْعُونُ وَلَاوِي أَخَوَانِ، آلَاتُ ظُلْمٍ سُيُوفُهُمَا.
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
6 فِي مَجْلِسِهِمَا لَا تَدْخُلُ نَفْسِي. بِمَجْمَعِهِمَا لَا تَتَّحِدُ كَرَامَتِي. لِأَنَّهُمَا فِي غَضَبِهِمَا قَتَلَا إِنْسَانًا، وَفِي رِضَاهُمَا عَرْقَبَا ثَوْرًا.
6 My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
7 مَلْعُونٌ غَضَبُهُمَا فَإِنَّهُ شَدِيدٌ، وَسَخَطُهُمَا فَإِنَّهُ قَاسٍ. أُقَسِّمُهُمَا فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَأُفَرِّقُهُمَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
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 يَهُوذَا، إِيَّاكَ يَحْمَدُ إِخْوَتُكَ، يَدُكَ عَلَى قَفَا أَعْدَائِكَ، يَسْجُدُ لَكَ بَنُو أَبِيكَ.
8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
9 يَهُوذَا جَرْوُ أَسَدٍ، مِنْ فَرِيسَةٍ صَعِدْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي، جَثَا وَرَبَضَ كَأَسَدٍ وَكَلَبْوَةٍ. مَنْ يُنْهِضُهُ؟
9 Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
10 لَا يَزُولُ قَضِيبٌ مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَمُشْتَرِعٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ شِيلُونُ وَلَهُ يَكُونُ خُضُوعُ شُعُوبٍ.
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
11 رَابِطًا بِٱلْكَرْمَةِ جَحْشَهُ، وَبِالْجَفْنَةِ ٱبْنَ أَتَانِهِ، غَسَلَ بِٱلْخَمْرِ لِبَاسَهُ، وَبِدَمِ ٱلْعِنَبِ ثَوْبَهُ.
11 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 مُسْوَدُّ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ، وَمُبْيَضُّ ٱلْأَسْنَانِ مِنَ ٱللَّبَنِ.
12 His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
13 زَبُولُونُ، عِنْدَ سَاحِلِ ٱلْبَحْرِ يَسْكُنُ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَ سَاحِلِ ٱلسُّفُنِ، وَجَانِبُهُ عِنْدَ صَيْدُونَ.
13 “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
14 يَسَّاكَرُ، حِمَارٌ جَسِيمٌ رَابِضٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْحَظَائِرِ.
14 “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
15 فَرَأَى ٱلْمَحَلَّ أَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ، وَٱلْأَرْضَ أَنَّهَا نَزِهَةٌ، فَأَحْنَى كَتِفَهُ لِلْحِمْلِ وَصَارَ لِلْجِزْيَةِ عَبْدًا.
15 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
16 دَانُ، يَدِينُ شَعْبَهُ كَأَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
16 “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 يَكُونُ دَانُ حَيَّةً عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ، أُفْعُوانًا عَلَى ٱلسَّبِيلِ، يَلْسَعُ عَقِبَيِ ٱلْفَرَسِ فَيَسْقُطُ رَاكِبُهُ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ.
17 Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18 لِخَلَاصِكَ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ يَا رَبُّ.
18 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
19 جَادُ، يَزْحَمُهُ جَيْشٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يَزْحَمُ مُؤَخَّرَهُ.
19 “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
20 أَشِيرُ، خُبْزُهُ سَمِينٌ وَهُوَ يُعْطِي لَذَّاتِ مُلُوكٍ.
20 “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
21 نَفْتَالِي، أَيِّلَةٌ مُسَيَّبَةٌ يُعْطِي أَقْوَالًا حَسَنَةً.
21 “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
22 يُوسُفُ، غُصْنُ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ، غُصْنُ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ عَلَى عَيْنٍ. أَغْصَانٌ قَدِ ٱرْتَفَعَتْ فَوْقَ حَائِطٍ.
22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
23 فَمَرَّرَتْهُ وَرَمَتْهُ وَٱضْطَهَدَتْهُ أَرْبَابُ ٱلسِّهَامِ.
23 The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
24 وَلَكِنْ ثَبَتَتْ بِمَتَانَةٍ قَوْسُهُ، وَتَشَدَّدَتْ سَوَاعِدُ يَدَيْهِ. مِنْ يَدَيْ عَزِيزِ يَعْقُوبَ، مِنْ هُنَاكَ، مِنَ ٱلرَّاعِي صَخْرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،
24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
25 مِنْ إِلَهِ أَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي يُعِينُكَ، وَمِنَ ٱلْقَادِرِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ٱلَّذِي يُبَارِكُكَ، تَأْتِي بَرَكَاتُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَبَرَكَاتُ ٱلْغَمْرِ ٱلرَّابِضِ تَحْتُ. بَرَكَاتُ ٱلثَّدْيَيْنِ وَٱلرَّحِمِ.
25 even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
26 بَرَكَاتُ أَبِيكَ فَاقَتْ عَلَى بَرَكَاتِ أَبَوَيَّ. إِلَى مُنْيَةِ ٱلْآكَامِ ٱلدَّهْرِيَّةِ تَكُونُ عَلَى رَأْسِ يُوسُفَ، وَعَلَى قِمَّةِ نَذِيرِ إِخْوَتِهِ.
26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
27 بَنْيَامِينُ ذِئْبٌ يَفْتَرِسُ. فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ يَأْكُلُ غَنِيمَةً، وَعِنْدَ ٱلْمَسَاءِ يُقَسِّمُ نَهْبًا».
27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
28 جَمِيعُ هَؤُلَاءِ هُمْ أَسْبَاطُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلِٱثْنَا عَشَرَ. وَهَذَا مَا كَلَّمَهُمْ بِهِ أَبُوهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ بَرَكَتِهِ بَارَكَهُمْ.
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.
29 وَأَوْصَاهُمْ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا أَنْضَمُّ إِلَى قَوْمِي. اِدْفِنُونِي عِنْدَ آبَائِي فِي ٱلْمَغَارَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي حَقْلِ عِفْرُونَ ٱلْحِثِّيِّ.
29 He instructed 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 Ephron the Hittite,
30 فِي ٱلْمَغَارَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي حَقْلِ ٱلْمَكْفِيلَةِ، ٱلَّتِي أَمَامَ مَمْرَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، ٱلَّتِي ٱشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ ٱلْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ ٱلْحِثِّيِّ مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ.
30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
31 هُنَاكَ دَفَنُوا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَسَارَةَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ. هُنَاكَ دَفَنُوا إِسْحَاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ، وَهُنَاكَ دَفَنْتُ لَيْئَةَ.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
32 شِرَاءُ ٱلْحَقْلِ وَٱلْمَغَارَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِيهِ كَانَ مِنْ بَنِي حِثَّ».
32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
33 وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ تَوْصِيَةِ بَنِيهِ ضَمَّ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى ٱلسَّرِيرِ، وَأَسْلَمَ ٱلرُّوحَ وَٱنْضَمَّ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ.
33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Asher
Second son of Zilpah, whose name means 'happy' or 'blessed.'
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:12–13; 49:20
Benjamin
Jacob's youngest, born as Rachel died giving him life.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 35:16–24; 49:27
Dan
First son of Bilhah, whose name means 'he has judged.'
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:1–6; 49:16–18
Gad
First son of Zilpah, whose name speaks of good fortune.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:9–11; 49:19
Issachar
A son of Leah, likened to a strong donkey bearing its burden.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:14–18; 49:14–15
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Joseph
Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
Judah
The lion of the tribes, from whom kings and the Messiah would come.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:35; 38; 49:8–12
Naphtali
Second son of Bilhah, likened to a doe set free.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:7–8; 49:21
Reuben
Jacob's firstborn, who forfeited his standing by a grave offense.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:32; 35:22; 49:3–4
Simeon
A son of Leah whose fierce anger drew his father's rebuke.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:33; 34; 49:5–7
Zebulun
The last son of Leah, foretold to dwell by the seashore.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:19–20; 49:13
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 24:14; Jeremiah 23:20; Daniel 10:14; Deuteronomy 4:30; Revelation 4:1
- 2 Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 23:22; Proverbs 7:24
- 3 Psalm 78:51; Deuteronomy 21:17; Psalm 105:36; Genesis 29:32; 1 Chronicles 2:1
- 4 Genesis 35:22; 1 Chronicles 5:1; Deuteronomy 27:20; Deuteronomy 33:6; 1 Corinthians 5:1
- 5 Genesis 34:25–31; Genesis 29:33–34; Genesis 46:10–11; Proverbs 18:9
- 6 Genesis 34:30; Psalm 26:9; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 26:4–5; Psalm 64:2
- 7 1 Chronicles 4:24–31; Joshua 19:1–9; 1 Chronicles 6:65; 2 Samuel 13:15; Proverbs 26:24–25
- 8 Genesis 27:29; 1 Chronicles 5:2; Hebrews 7:14; Deuteronomy 33:7; Genesis 29:35
- 9 Numbers 24:9; Revelation 5:5; Numbers 23:24; Micah 5:8; Hosea 5:14
- 10 Numbers 24:17; Luke 1:32–33; Psalm 60:7; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 33:22
- 11 Isaiah 63:1–3; Revelation 7:14; Joel 3:18; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 4:25
- 13 Deuteronomy 33:18–19; Joshua 19:10–16; Genesis 30:20
- 14 1 Chronicles 12:32; Genesis 30:18; Deuteronomy 33:18; Joshua 19:17–23; Judges 5:15–16
- 15 2 Samuel 7:1; Joshua 14:15; Ezekiel 29:18; Judges 3:11; Matthew 23:4
- 16 Deuteronomy 33:22; Genesis 30:6; Judges 13:2; Judges 18:26–27; Numbers 10:25
- 17 Judges 18:22–31; 1 Chronicles 12:35; Judges 14:1–15
- 18 Psalm 119:174; Isaiah 25:9; Psalm 119:166; Micah 7:7; Psalm 130:5
- 19 1 Chronicles 5:11–22; Deuteronomy 33:20–21; Genesis 30:11; 1 Chronicles 3:18–22; 1 Chronicles 5:26
- 20 Deuteronomy 33:24–25; Genesis 30:13; Joshua 19:24–31; Genesis 46:17
- 21 Deuteronomy 33:23; Genesis 30:8; Joshua 19:32–39; Judges 4:10; Judges 5:18
- 22 Genesis 41:52; Psalm 128:3; Psalm 1:1–3; Joshua 16:1–10; Joshua 17:14–17
- 23 Genesis 37:24; Psalm 118:13; Psalm 64:3; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:4
- 24 Psalm 132:2; Psalm 132:5; Isaiah 28:16; Psalm 80:1; Job 29:20
- 25 Genesis 35:11; Genesis 28:13; Philippians 4:19; Deuteronomy 33:13–17; Deuteronomy 8:17
- 26 Deuteronomy 33:15–16; Habakkuk 3:6; Numbers 6:2; Isaiah 66:5; Genesis 27:39–40
- 27 Judges 20:21; Judges 20:25; Numbers 23:24; Ezekiel 22:27; Genesis 35:18
- 28 Esther 8:11; Revelation 7:4; Ezekiel 39:8–10; Numbers 23:24; 1 Kings 18:31
- 29 Genesis 47:30; Genesis 50:13; Genesis 15:15; Genesis 25:8–17; 2 Samuel 19:37
- 30 Genesis 23:16–18; Genesis 23:8–9; Genesis 23:20
- 31 Genesis 35:29; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 23:16–20; Acts 7:16; Genesis 47:30
- 32 Genesis 23:17–20
- 33 Genesis 49:29; Genesis 25:8; Genesis 35:29; Joshua 24:27–29; Hebrews 12:23
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… sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until He come for whom it is reserved; and He shall be the desire of the nations, binding His foal to the vine, washing His robe in the blood of the grape." It is yours to make accurate inquiry, and ascertain up to whose time the Jews …
Salvation, indeed, as follows: "I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord." And then again, Saviour: "Behold my God, my Saviour, I will put my trust in Him." But as bringing salvation, thus: "God hath made known His salvation (salutare) in the sight of the heathen." For He is indeed Saviour, as being the Son and Word of God; but …
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's foal to the choice vine; he shall wash his robe in wine, and his clothes in the blood of the grape: his eyes are red with wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk." I have expounded these words in disputing against Faustus the Manichæan; and I think it is enough …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… law of prophecy, that in many cases much that is spoken of one set of persons is fulfilled in another; of which kind is that which is said touching Simeon and Levi, "I will divide them," saith He, "in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel." And yet not in themselves did this come to pass, but in their descendants; and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… thy brethren praise, and afterwards, not to quote the whole, A prince shall not fail out of Judah, nor a ruler from his loins, until He come, for whom it is reserved; and He is the expectation, not of the Jews but of the Gentiles.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)