New Living Translation

Genesis 49:9-12 New Living Translation (NLT)

9. Judah, my son, is a young lionthat has finished eating its prey.Like a lion he crouches and lies down;like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

10. The scepter will not depart from Judah,nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants,until the coming of the one to whom it belongs,the one whom all nations will honor.

11. He ties his foal to a grapevine,the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.He washes his clothes in wine,his robes in the blood of grapes.

12. His eyes are darker than wine,and his teeth are whiter than milk.