8 Judas! Thy brethren shall praise thee. Thy hand is on the backbone of thy enemies; Thy father's sons shall worship thee.

9 The young lion Judah, from the prey, my son, rises. He bowed down, lay down like a lion and like a lioness: who will lift him up?

10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver from his loins, until the Mediator comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the nations.

11 He binds his colt to the vine, and to the vine of the best vine the son of his donkey; he washes his garments in wine, and his garments in the blood of the grapes;

12 His eyes are shining with wine, and his teeth are white with milk.

13 And Zebulun shall dwell by the sea-shore, and by the harbor thereof, and the border thereof shall be as far as Sidon.

14 Issachar is a strong ass, lying among the streams of waters;

15 And when he saw that peace was good, and that the land was pleasant, he bowed his shoulders to bear the burden, and labored for the payment of tribute.

16 Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel;

17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, an adder in the way, biting the horse's foot, so that his rider shall fall backwards.

18 I trust in thy help, O Lord!

19 Gad, the crowd will press him, but he will push them at their heels.

20 For Asher, his bread is too thick, and he will bring in the king's viands.

21 Naphtali is a tall terebinth, spreading beautiful branches. [7]

22 Joseph is the branch of the fruit-bearing tree, the branch of the fruit-bearing tree over the spring; its branches stretch out over the wall;

23 And the archers grieved him, and shot and fought against him,

24 but his bow is strong, and the muscles of his hands are strong, from the hands of the mighty God of Jacob. From thence is the Shepherd and the stronghold of Israel,

25 from God thy father, who also help thee, and from the Almighty, who also bless thee with the blessings of heaven from above, the blessings of the deep that lies ahead, the blessings of the breasts and the womb,

26 the blessings of thy Father, which exceed the blessings of the ancient mountains, and the sweetness of the everlasting hills; let them be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the chosen one among his brethren.

27 Benjamin, the ravenous wolf, will eat the catch in the morning, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.

28 These are all the twelve tribes of Israel; And this is what their father said to them; and blessed them, and gave them a blessing, to each his own.