Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 49:13-23 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

13. Zebulun, you will settlealong the seashoreand provide safe harboursas far north as Sidon.

14. Issachar, you are a strong donkeyresting in the meadows.

15. You found them so pleasantthat you worked too hardand became a slave.

16. Dan, you are the tribethat will bring justiceto Israel.

17. You are a snake that bitesthe heel of a horse,making its rider fall.

18. Our Lord, I am waitingfor you to save us.

19. Gad, you will be attacked,then attack your attackers.

20. Asher, you will eat foodfine enough for a king.

21. Naphtali, you are a wild deerwith lovely fawns.

22. Joseph, you are a fruitful vinegrowing near a streamand climbing a wall.

23. Enemies attacked with arrows,refusing to show mercy.