創世記第49章
1雅各叫了他的兒子們來,說:「你們都來聚集,我好把你們日後必遇的事告訴你們。
2雅各的兒子們,你們要聚集而聽,要聽你們父親以色列的話。

Philip De Vere – A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations in the possession of Revd. Philip De Vere at St. George’s Court, Kidderminster, England.(1970)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)

Philip De Vere – The Phillip Medhurst Picture Torah 274. Death of Jacob. Genesis cap 49.(1970)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)

Wenceslaus Hollar: Jacob’s death. State 2.(before 1677)Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Toronto(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Jacob Blessing His Sons, miniature by François Maitre from Augustine’s “La Cité de Dieu”, book I-X (manuscript “Den Haag, MMW, 10 A 11”). Book 1, 13; at the Museum Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague(c.1475~80)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
3流便哪,你是我的長子,是我力量強壯的時候生的,本當大有尊榮,權力超眾。

Philip De Vere – The Phillip Medhurst Picture Torah 273. Death of Jacob. Genesis cap 49.(1970)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
4但你放縱情慾,滾沸如水,必不得居首位;因為你上了你父親的床,污穢了我的榻。

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan 流便(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Ruben is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)

Jerusalem, Heichal Shlomo gate, Twelve Tribes – Mandragora officinarum, symbol for Reuben(2010)(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. photo by zeevveez, Wikimedia Commons)
5西緬和利未是弟兄;他們的刀劍是殘忍的器具。
6我的靈啊,不要與他們同謀;我的心哪,不要與他們聯絡;因為他們趁怒殺害人命,任意砍斷牛腿大筋。
7他們的怒氣暴烈可咒;他們的忿恨殘忍可詛。我要使他們分居在雅各家裡,散住在以色列地中。

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan 西緬(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Simon is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan利未(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Levie is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
8猶大啊,你弟兄們必讚美你;你手必掐住仇敵的頸項;你父親的兒子們必向你下拜。
9猶大是個小獅子;我兒啊,你抓了食便上去。你屈下身去,臥如公獅,蹲如母獅,誰敢惹你?

Gur-arie-jeuda-nachal-jeonatom(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Juda (Jehoeda) is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
10圭必不離猶大,杖必不離他兩腳之間,直等細羅【就是賜平安者】來到,萬民都必歸順。
11猶大把小驢拴在葡萄樹上,把驢駒拴在美好的葡萄樹上。他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服,在葡萄汁中洗了袍褂。
12他的眼睛必因酒紅潤;他的牙齒必因奶白亮。
13西布倫必住在海口,必成為停船的海口;他的境界必延到西頓。

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan西布倫(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Zewoeloen is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
14以薩迦是個強壯的驢,臥在羊圈之中。
15他以安靜為佳,以肥地為美,便低肩背重,成為服苦的僕人。

Jasacar-hamor-garem-nachl-jeinatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Jissachar is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
16但必判斷他的民,作以色列支派之一。

Dan-idin-amo-nachal-jeonatom(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)
17但必作道上的蛇,路中的虺,咬傷馬蹄,使騎馬的墜落於後。

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Dan is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)

Dan Tribe plate on gate to Heichal Shlomo, Jerusalem.(2010)(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. photo by zeevveez, Wikimedia Commons)
18耶和華啊,我向來等候你的救恩。
19迦得必被敵軍追逼,他卻要追逼他們的腳跟。

Gad-gdud-igudenu-nachal-jeonatom(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Gad is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
20亞設之地必出肥美的糧食,且出君王的美味。

Masher-smena-lacmo-nachal-jeonatom(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Asjer is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
21拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿;他出嘉美的言語。

Naftali-aiala-seluca-nachal-jeonatom(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Naftali is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
22約瑟是多結果子的樹枝,是泉旁多結果的枝子;他的枝條探出牆外。

emblem of Joseph tribe – Mosaic of the 12 Tribes of Israel. From Givat Mordechai ETZ YOSEF (the tree of Joseph) synagogue facade in Jerusalem(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
23弓箭手將他苦害,向他射箭,逼迫他。
24但他的弓仍舊堅硬;他的手健壯敏捷。這是因以色列的牧者,以色列的磐石─就是雅各的大能者。

Jerusalem Heichal Shlomo door Joseph tribe plate. “But his bow remained steady” (Genesis 49:24)(2012)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. photo by Utilisateur:Djampa, Wikimedia Commons)
25你父親的 神必幫助你;那全能者必將天上所有的福,地裡所藏的福,以及生產乳養的福,都賜給你。

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

Shiloh Stained glass Yossef wheat(2008)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

représentation d’une gerbe de blé, emblème de la tribu de Joseph, avec son nom en hébreu יוסף qui se trouve dans la synagogue HaPoel HaMizrachi Centeral à Bnei Brak en Israël.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Joseph(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stammen Efraim en Menasje zijn afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
26你父親所祝的福勝過我祖先所祝的福如永世的山嶺,至極的邊界;這些福必降在約瑟的頭上,臨到那與弟兄迥別之人的頂上。
27便雅憫是個撕掠的狼,早晨要吃他所抓的,晚上要分他所奪的。」

Biniamin-zeev-itraf-nachal-jeonatom(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Bikur Cholim Hospital doors 005(2012)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Talmoryair, Wikimedia Commons)

Jerusalem Heichal Shlomo door Benjamin tribe plate(2012)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. photo by Utilisateur:Djampa, Wikimedia Commons)

Kdumim synagogue Zafnat Moscivitz e nacal Jonatan(2009)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

The synagogue – heritage sites in the center of the country 2015 – Rehovot(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)

A. J. van der Wal – Koepel van de synagoge te Enschede met een close-up van een mozaiëk, waarin de stam Benjamin is afgebeeld – Enschede(2003)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Wikimedia Commons)
28這一切是以色列的十二支派;這也是他們的父親對他們所說的話,為他們所祝的福,都是按著各人的福分為他們祝福。

Mosaic of the 12 Tribes of Israel. From Givat Mordechai Etz Yosef synagogue facade, Ha Rav Gold street, in Jerusalem. Top row, right to left: Reuben, Judah, Dan, Asher Middle: Simeon, Issachar, Naphtali, Joseph, Bottom: Levi, Zebulun, Gad, Benjamin(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Tribes of Israel Stained glass. Elles sont ici placées dans le désordre : Gad – Reouven – Shimon – Levi – Dan – Naftali; Biniyamin – Yéhouda – Yissachar – Zévoulon – Asher – Yossef(2008)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Daniel Ventura, Wikimedia Commons)

Petah Tikva Tribes(2013)(GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. photo by yoav dothan, Wikimedia Commons)

Shoney Halachot Synagogue, Netanya(2012)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. photo by Deror Avi, Wikimedia Commons)

HaPoel HaMizrachi Centeral Synagogue, Bnei Brak. Emblems of the 12 tribes of Israel.(2010)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Deror Avi, Wikimedia Commons)

Jewish National Fund Stamps(1940)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Yael Portugheis – 12 Tribes Mosaic in the Jewish Quarter(2013)Jerusalem, Beit Habad Gallery.(Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. photo by zeevveez, Wikimedia Commons)

12 tribes clock in the western wall(2018)Michael Silverstone Art Gallery(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)

Door of Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem(2007)(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. by DMY, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The Emblems on the standards of the tribes.(1878)The pictorial Bible and commentator- presenting the great truths of God’s word in the most simple, pleasing, affectionate, and instructive manner(No known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)

Francisco Coelho – Thesouro de Nobreza, Armas das Doze Tribos de Israel (fl 1)(1675)Arquivo Nacional Torre do Tombo(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

The Great Synagogue “Ohel Sara” – the first synagogue of Rehovot, built in 1904? And later renovated and expanded and became the community and social center of the young colony(2015)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons)
29他又囑咐他們說:「我將要歸到我列祖【原文是本民】那裡,你們要將我葬在赫人以弗崙田間的洞裡,與我祖我父在一處,
30就是在迦南地幔利前、麥比拉田間的洞;那洞和田是亞伯拉罕向赫人以弗崙買來為業,作墳地的。
31他們在那裡葬了亞伯拉罕和他妻撒拉,又在那裡葬了以撒和他的妻子利百加;我也在那裡葬了利亞。
32那塊田和田間的洞原是向赫人買的。」

Sarah is ritually laid to rest in a sepulchral cavern. Wood engraving by Smith after J. Martin.(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, Wikimedia Commons)
33雅各囑咐眾子已畢,就把腳收在床上,氣絕而死,歸他列祖【原文是本民】那裡去了。