Tree Of Life Version

Genesis 49:13-23 Tree Of Life Version (TLV)

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.