The Pentateuch of Moses
He dared to lie down on my bed!
5Simeon and Levi, brothers of the same spirit!
Their swords[388] are the instruments of cruelty.
6I do not want to be a participant in their intentions
And let me not be numbered among them in a fit of anger they kill men,
From whim[389] they cripple bulls.
7Let their wrath be accursed, for it is cruel;
and their wrath, for it is merciless;
I will scatter them among the children of Jacob,390
I will scatter among the descendants of Israel[391]b.
8Judas, they will praise you, brethren!
You will put your enemies to flight[393]b,
and thy father's sons shall bow down before thee in obedience.
9Judas is a young lion,
Thou hast just stood over thy prey, my son;
And now he stretched out and lay down like a lion,
as the king of beasts, and who would dare to disturb him?
10The scepter will be in the hand of Judas[395]a
and the ruler's rod is at his feet;
until He comes, Who will bring rest[396] to people,
Whom the nations will obey.
11 Judas bindeth his ass to the vine
and the colt – to the best vine.
He rinses his clothes in wine,
their vestments are in the blood of bunches of grapes.
12His eyes are darker wines,
His teeth are whiter than milk. [397]
13Zebulun will dwell on the seashore,
he has a safe harbor for ships,
and Sidon is very close to him[398].
14 Issachar is a strong ass[399],
that lay down among the cattle pens.
15As soon as he saw a good abode
and pleasant terrain,
how he put his back under the burden