Genesis 49:28
Good News Translation
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.

New Revised Standard Version
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing.

Contemporary English Version
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is how Jacob gave each of them their proper blessings.

New American Bible
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said about them, as he blessed them. To each he gave a suitable blessing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one with their proper blessings.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one with their proper blessings.

the twelve.

Numbers 23:24 Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Esther 8:7,9,11 And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman's house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews. . . .

Esther 9:1-10:3 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries. . . .

Ezekiel 39:8-10 Behold it cometh, and it is done, saith the Lord God: this is the day whereof I have spoken. . . .

Zechariah 14:1-7 Behold the days of the Lord shall come, and thy spoils shall be divided in the midst of thee. . . .

every one.

Genesis 35:22 And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Exodus 28:21 And they shall have the names of the children of Israel: with twelve names shall they be engraved, each stone with the name of one according to the twelve tribes.

1 Kings 18:31 And he took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord came, saying: Israel shall be thy name.

Acts 26:7 Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.

James 1:1 James, the servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them that were signed. An hundred forty-four thousand were signed, of every tribe of the children of Israel.

Context
Jacob Blesses His Sons
27Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil. 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one with their proper blessings.
Cross References
Genesis 49:27
Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.

Genesis 49:29
And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite,

Genesis 49:27
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