21-26. Naphtali is a deer running freethat gives birth to lovely fawns.Joseph is a wild donkey,a wild donkey by a spring,spirited donkeys on a hill.The archers with malice attacked,shooting their hate-tipped arrows;But he held steady under fire,his bow firm, his arms limber,With the backing of the Champion of Jacob,the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.The God of your father—may he help you!And may The Strong God—may he give you his blessings,Blessings tumbling out of the skies,blessings bursting up from the Earth—blessings of breasts and womb.May the blessings of your fatherexceed the blessings of the ancient mountains,surpass the delights of the eternal hills;May they rest on the head of Joseph,on the brow of the one consecrated among his brothers.
27. Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;all morning he gorges on his kill,at evening divides up what’s left over.
28. All these are the tribes of Israel, the twelve tribes. And this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one with his own special farewell blessing.
29-32. Then he instructed them: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, the cave in the field of Machpelah facing Mamre in the land of Canaan, the field Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burial plot. Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there; Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried there; I also buried Leah there. The field and the cave were bought from the Hittites.”
33. Jacob finished instructing his sons, pulled his feet into bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.