10. The scepter will not pass from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs will come. To him will be the obedience of the peoples.
11. Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he washes his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his robe.
12. His eyes are darker than wine, and teeth that are whiter than milk.
13. Zebulun will dwell by the seashore, and be by a harbor for ships— his distant border reaches Sidon.
14. Issachar is a strong-boned donkey, lying down between two saddlebags.
15. He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant. He leaned his shoulder to bear a burden, and became a forced laborer.
16. Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17. Let Dan be a serpent beside a road, a viper beside a path, who strikes a horse’s heels, so that its rider falls backward.
18. For your salvation I wait, Adonai!
19. Gad—attackers will attack him, but he will attack their heels.
20. Asher—rich is his food— he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
21. Naphtali is a doe let loose, who offers words of beauty.
22. A fruitful son is Joseph, a fruitful son beside a spring— daughters walk along a wall.
23. The archers were bitter and shot arrows and were hostile towards him.
24. Yet his bow was always filled, and his arms quick-moving— by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there a Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,
25. from the God of your father who helps you, and Shaddai who blesses you, with blessings of heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of breasts and womb.