Genesis 49:28

What does Genesis 49:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 49:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

All these <FI>are<Fi> the twelve tribes of Israel, and this <FI>is<Fi> that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one with their proper blessings.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Context

v.27Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

v.28This passage

v.29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 26:7

    unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

  • Zechariah 14:1

    Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

  • Numbers 23:24

    Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

  • Esther 9:1

    Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them),

  • 1 Kings 18:31

    And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

  • Genesis 35:22

    And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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