Genesis 49:14-24 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

14. Issachar will be a strong donkey, reclining between the borders.

15. He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute.

16. Dan will judge his people just like any other tribe in Israel.

17. Let Dan be a snake in the way, a viper in the path, biting the hooves of horses, so that his rider may fall backward.

18. I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.

19. Gad, being girded, will fight before him. And he himself will be girded backward.

20. Asher: his bread will be fat, and he will provide delicacies to the kings.

21. Naphtali is a stag sent forth, offering words of eloquent beauty.

22. Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall.

23. But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.

24. His bow sits in strength, and the bands of his arms and hands have been let loose by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob. From there he went forth as a pastor, the stone of Israel.

Genesis 49