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.
25. The God of your father will be your helper, and the Almighty will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the abyss that lies beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26. The blessings of your father are strengthened by the blessings of his fathers, until the desire of the hills of eternity shall arrive. May they be at the head of Joseph, and at the summit of the Nazarite, among his brothers.
27. Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will eat the prey, and in the evening he will divide the spoil."
28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. These things their father spoke to them, and he blessed each one with their proper blessings.