Genesis 49:28 “These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their…”

Genesis 49:28

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

All these are the twelue tribes of Israel, and thus their father spake vnto them, and blessed them: euery one of them blessed hee with a seuerall blessing.

Darby Translation

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Young's Literal Translation

All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

Bible in Basic English

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

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Cross references

“the twelve”

Esther 8:11 Ezekiel 39:8–10 Numbers 23:24 Esther 8:7 Esther 8:9 Esther 9:1–10

Esther 8:11 · BSB

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women…

Ezekiel 39:8–10 · BSB

Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.

Numbers 23:24 · BSB

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

Esther 8:7 · BSB

So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.

Esther 8:9 · BSB

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 prov…

Esther 9:1–10 · BSB

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews…

“every one”

Revelation 7:4 Genesis 35:22 1 Kings 18:31 Acts 26:7 Exodus 28:21 James 1:1

Revelation 7:4 · BSB

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

Genesis 35:22 · BSB

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

1 Kings 18:31 · BSB

And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

Acts 26:7 · BSB

the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

Exodus 28:21 · BSB

The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

James 1:1 · BSB

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

29Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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