New International Version

Genesis 49:18-24 New International Version (NIV)

18. “I look for your deliverance, Lord.

19. “Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.

20. “Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.

21. “Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

22. “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.

23. With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.

24. But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,