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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Simeon</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.19.2"><span class="content">Beersheba (or Sheba),</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Beersheba, Sheba</span><span class="ft">; <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.4.28">1 Chron. 4:28</span> does not have </span><span class="fq">Sheba</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Moladah, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen&#8212;thirteen towns and their villages;</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.19.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan&#8212;four towns and their villages&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.19.8"><span class="content">This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah&#8217;s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Zebulun</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.19.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.19.10"><span class="content">The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.19.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Issachar</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.19.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their territory included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.19.18"><span class="content">Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.19.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Asher</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.19.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Their territory included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.19.25"><span class="content">Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Allammelek, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It went to Abdon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:28 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also 21:30); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Ebron</span></span></span><span class="content"> Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.19.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Naphtali</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.19.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">west, and Judah, the Jordan,</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the east. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Dan</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The territory of their inheritance included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="content">Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.19.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Elon, Timnah, Ekron, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.19.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.19.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">(When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.19.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Joshua</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.19.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JOS.19.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.19.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for&#8212;Timnath Serah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:50 </span><span class="ft">Also known as </span><span class="fqa">Timnath Heres </span><span class="ft">(see <span class="ref" usfm="JDG.2.9">Judges 2:9</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.19.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.19.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jacob called for his sons and said: &#8220;Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">listen to your father Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben, you are my firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">my might, the first sign of my strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">excelling in honor, excelling in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">for you went up onto your father&#8217;s bed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">onto my couch and defiled it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon and Levi are brothers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">their swords</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:5 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are weapons of violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let me not enter their council,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">let me not join their assembly,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">for they have killed men in their anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cursed be their anger, so fierce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and their fury, so cruel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">I will scatter them in Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and disperse them in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:8 </span><span class="fq">Judah </span><span class="ft">sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">praise</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> your brothers will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your father&#8217;s sons will bow down to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are a lion&#8217;s cub, Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">you return from the prey, my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">Like a lion he crouches and lies down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">like a lioness&#8212;who dares to rouse him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The scepter will not depart from Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">nor the ruler&#8217;s staff from between his feet,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from his descendants</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">until he to whom it belongs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to whom tribute belongs</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> shall come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">and the obedience of the nations shall be his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He will tether his donkey to a vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his colt to the choicest branch;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">he will wash his garments in wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his robes in the blood of grapes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes will be darker than wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">his teeth whiter than milk.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will be dull from wine, / his teeth white from milk</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will live by the seashore</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">and become a haven for ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">his border will extend toward Sidon.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar is a rawboned</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">strong</span></span></span><span class="content"> donkey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="content">lying down among the sheep pens.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When he sees how good is his resting place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">and how pleasant is his land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">he will bend his shoulder to the burden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">and submit to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Dan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:16 </span><span class="fq">Dan </span><span class="ft">here means </span><span class="fqa">he provides </span><span class="fq">justice</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will provide justice for his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="content">as one of the tribes of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Dan will be a snake by the roadside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">a viper along the path,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">that bites the horse&#8217;s heels</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">so that its rider tumbles backward.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.49.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I look for your deliverance, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.49.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.49.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.49.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gad</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:19 </span><span class="fq">Gad </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">attack </span><span class="ft">and also for </span><span class="fq">band of raiders</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be attacked by a band of raiders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.49.19"><span class="content">but he will attack them at their heels.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.49.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.49.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.49.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Asher&#8217;s food will be rich;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.49.20"><span class="content">he will provide delicacies fit for a king.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.49.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.49.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.49.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Naphtali is a doe set free</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.49.21"><span class="content">that bears beautiful fawns.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">free; / he utters beautiful words</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.49.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.49.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Joseph is a fruitful vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"><span class="content">a fruitful vine near a spring,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"><span class="content">whose branches climb over a wall.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Joseph is a wild colt, / a wild colt near a spring, / a wild donkey on a terraced hill</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.49.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">With bitterness archers attacked him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.49.23"><span class="content">they shot at him with hostility.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.49.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But his bow remained steady,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="content">his strong arms stayed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:23,24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">archers will attack&#8230; will shoot&#8230; will remain&#8230; will stay</span></span></span><span class="content"> limber,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="content">because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="content">because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">because of your father&#8217;s God, who helps you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">because of the Almighty,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> who blesses you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">with blessings of the skies above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">blessings of the deep springs below,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">blessings of the breast and womb.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Your father&#8217;s blessings are greater</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">than the blessings of the ancient mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">than</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of my progenitors, / as great as</span></span></span><span class="content"> the bounty of the age-old hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">on the brow of the prince among</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the one separated from</span></span></span><span class="content"> his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"><span class="content">in the morning he devours the prey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"><span class="content">in the evening he divides the plunder.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham&#8217;s offspring&#8212;not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As it is written: &#8220;I have made you a father of many nations.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.17.5">Gen. 17:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed&#8212;the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.4.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, &#8220;So shall your offspring be.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:18 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.15.5">Gen. 15:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead&#8212;since he was about a hundred years old&#8212;and that Sarah&#8217;s womb was also dead. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">This is why &#8220;it was credited to him as righteousness.&#8221; </span></span></div>
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