Self-interpreting Bible

1 ^aAND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, ^bGather yourselves together, that I ^cmay tell you that which shall befall you in the ^dlast days.

• a: De. 33:6 - 25
• b: Ps. 133:1 - 3 , He. 10:24 , He. 10:25 , He. 13:1
• c: Am. 3:7 , Ps. 25:14 , Ps. 105:15
• d: Nu. 24:14 , De. 4:30 , 1Ti. 4:1 , 2Ti. 3:1 , Ac. 2:17 , Da. 2:28 , Da. 2:29 , Is. 2:2 , Je. 23:20

2 Gather yourselves together, and ^ehear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

• e: Ex. 20:12 , Pr. 1:8 , Pr. 2:1 , Pr. 3:1 , Pr. 4:1 , Pr. 4:4 , Pr. 5:1 , Pr. 6:20 , Pr. 7:1 , Pr. 7:24 , Pr. 23:22 , Pr. 23:26

3 ¶Reuben, thou art my ^ffirstborn, my ^gmight, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

• f: De. 21:17 , Ps. 78:51 , Ps. 105:36 , Ge. 29:32 , Ge. 46:8
• g: De. 21:17

4 Unstable as water, ¹thou shalt not excel; because thou ^hwentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: ²he went up to my couch.

• 1: Heb. do not thou excel, ch. 46.8. De. 33.6. Nu. 32. Ju. 5.15,16. 1Ch. 5. 2Ki. 15.29. , Ge. 46:8 , De. 33:6 , Numbers 32 , Ju. 5:15 , Ju. 5:16 , 1 Chronicles 5 , 2Ki. 15:29
• h: Ge. 35:22 , 1Ch. 5:1 , 1Co. 5:1
• 2: Heb. Or, my couch is gone.

5 ¶Simeon and Levi are ⁱbrethren; ³instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

• i: Ge. 34:25 , Ge. 34:30 , Ge. 29:33 , Ge. 29:34 , Ge. 46:10 , Ge. 46:11
• 3: Or, their swords are weapons of violence.

6 O my soul, come not thou into their ^jsecret; unto their assembly, mine ^khonour, be not thou united: for in their anger they ^lslew a man, and in their selfwill they ⁴digged down a wall.

• j: Je. 15:17 , Ps. 64:2 , Ps. 64:5 , Ps. 26:9
• k: Ps. 16:9 , Ps. 30:12 , Ps. 57:8
• l: Ge. 34:25 , Ge. 34:28
• 4: Or, houghed oxen.

7 Cursed be their ^manger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will ⁿdivide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

• m: 2Sa. 13:15
• n: Jos. 19:1 - 9 , Joshua 21 , 1Ch. 4:24 , 1Ch. 4:39 - 43

8 ¶Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall ^opraise: thy hand shall be ^pin the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

• o: Ge. 46:12 , Ge. 29:35 , 1Ch. 5:2 , He. 7:14
• p: Nu. 10:14 , Ju. 1:1 , Ju. 1:2 , Ps. 78:68 - 71 , Ps. 18:40 - 43 , 1 Chronicles 12 , 1 Kings 4 , Phi. 2:9 - 11 , 2Sa. 22:41

9 Judah is ^qa lion's ^*whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he ^rstooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

• q: Nu. 23:24 , 2Sa. 3:1 , 2Sa. 3:7 , 2 Samuel 8 , 2 Samuel 10 , 2 Chronicles 13 , 2 Chronicles 14 , 2 Chronicles 20 , 2 Chronicles 26 , 1Co. 15:24 , De. 33:22
• *: whelp-cub.
• r: Nu. 23:24 , Nu. 24:9 , Re. 5:5

10 The ^ssceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor ^ta lawgiver from ^ubetween his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the ^vgathering of the people be.

• s: Ps. 60:7 , Ps. 89:3 , Ps. 89:4 , Ps. 132:11 , Nu. 24:17 , Je. 30:21 , Zec. 10:11
• t: Ps. 108:8
• u: De. 28:57
• v: Is. 2:2 , Is. 11:10 , Is. 49:6 , Is. 49:7 , Is. 55:1 , Is. 55:4 , Is. 55:5 , Hag. 2:7 , Eze. 21:27 , Ro. 15:12 , Lu. 1:32 , Lu. 1:33 , Ps. 72:8 - 11 , Re. 11:15

11 ^wBinding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

• w: 1Ki. 4:20 , 1Ki. 4:25 , Mi. 4:4 , 3:18 , Jn. 15:1 , Is. 5:1 , Is. 5:2 , Is. 27:2 , Is. 27:3 , Is. 25:6 , Is. 55:1 , Is. 63:1 , Re. 19:18

12 His ^xeyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

• x: Pr. 23:29

13 ¶Zebulun shall ^ydwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

• y: Ge. 30:20 , De. 33:18 , De. 33:19 , Jos. 19:10 - 15

14 ¶^zIssachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

• z: Ge. 46:13 , Ge. 30:14 - 18 , De. 33:18

15 And he saw that ^arest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant ^bunto tribute.

• a: Ge. 8:9 , Ps. 116:7 , Ps. 132:8 , Jos. 19:17 - 23
• b: Jos. 16:10

16 ¶Dan shall ^cjudge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

• c: Ge. 30:6 , Ge. 46:23 , Nu. 10:25 , Judges 12 - 16 , De. 33:22 , Jos. 19:40 - 47

17 Dan shall be a ^dserpent by the way, an ⁵adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

• d: Judges 15 , Judges 16 , Judges 18 , De. 33:22
• 5: Heb. an arrow-snake.

18 I ^ehave waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

• e: Ps. 130:5 , Ps. 62:1 , Ps. 62:5 , Is. 25:9 , Is. 8:17 , Mi. 7:7 , Lu. 2:25 , Lu. 2:30 , Ps. 119:166 , Ps. 25:5

19 ¶Gad, ^fa troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

• f: Ge. 30:11 , Ge. 46:16 , Numbers 32 , De. 33:20 , Judges 10 , Judges 11 , 1Ch. 5:18 - 22 , 1Ch. 5:26

20 ¶Out of Asher ^ghis bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

• g: De. 33:24 , Ge. 46:17 , Jos. 19:24 - 31

21 ¶Naphtali is ^ha hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

• h: De. 33:23 , Ju. 4:6 , Ju. 4:10 , Ju. 5:18 , Ge. 46:24 , Ge. 30:8 , Jos. 19:32 - 39

22 ¶Joseph is a ⁱfruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose ⁶branches run over the wall:

• i: Ge. 30:22 - 24 , Ge. 46:27 , Ge. 48:1 , Ge. 48:5 , Ge. 48:19 , Ge. 48:20 , Joshua 16 , Joshua 17 , Numbers 32 , De. 33:17 , Ps. 1:3
• 6: Heb. daughters.

23 The ^jarchers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

• j: Ge. 37:4 , Ge. 37:18 , Ge. 37:24 , Ge. 37:28 , Ge. 39:7 - 20 , Jn. 16:33 , Ac. 14:22

24 But his ^kbow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of ^lthe mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the ^mshepherd, ⁿthe stone of Israel:)

• k: Job 29:20 , Ps. 44:7 , Ps. 18:1 , Ps. 18:32 , Ps. 18:34 , Ps. 28:8 , Ps. 89:21 , Zec. 10:12 , Ro. 14:4
• l: Ps. 132:2 , Ps. 132:5 , Is. 1:24
• m: Ge. 45:7 , Ge. 47:12 , Joshua 1 - 24 , Ps. 80:1
• n: Is. 28:16

25 Even by the ^oGod of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall ^pbless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

• o: Ge. 28:13 , Ge. 35:3 , Ge. 35:11 , Ge. 17:1 , Ge. 50:17 , De. 33:13 - 17 , De. 28:12 , De. 8:7
• p: 1Co. 3:21 , 1Co. 3:22 , 1Ti. 4:8 , Mat. 6:33 , Phi. 4:19 , Ps. 84:11 , Ps. 85:12

26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the ^*utmost bound of the ^qeverlasting hills: they shall be ^ron the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was ^sseparate from his brethren.

• *: utmost-outermost.
• q: De. 33:15 , Hab. 3:6 , Eze. 37:25 , Eze. 37:26
• r: De. 33:16
• s: Ge. 37:28 , Ps. 105:17 - 22 , Ac. 7:9

27 ¶Benjamin ^tshall ^*ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

• t: Ge. 46:21 , Ju. 3:15 - 29 , 1Sa. 11:6 - 11 , 1Sa. 14:14 , 1Sa. 14:31 , 1Sa. 14:47 , 1Sa. 14:48 , 1 Samuel 15 , 1 Samuel 17 , Esther 8 - 10 , Nu. 23:24 , Eze. 22:27 , Eze. 39:10 , Zec. 14:1 , Zec. 14:7
• *: ravin-tear in pieces, seize prey.

28 ¶All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be ^ugathered unto my people: ^vbury me with my fathers ^win the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

• u: Ge. 49:33 , Ge. 15:15 , Ge. 25:8 , He. 12:23
• v: Ge. 47:30
• w: Ge. 23:9 , Ge. 50:13

30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, ^xwhich Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

• x: Ge. 47:30 , Ge. 23:16 , Ge. 23:17 , Ge. 23:19 , Ge. 50:13

31 ^yThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried ^zLeah.

• y: Ge. 23:19 , Ge. 25:9 , Ge. 35:29
• z: Ge. 35:19 , Ge. 35:20 , 1Sa. 10:2 , Mat. 2:18

32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, ^ahe gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

• a: Lu. 2:29 , Ge. 15:5 , Ge. 25:8 , Ec. 12:7 , Job 30:23 , He. 12:23 , Ge. 49:29