The Blessings Continue

13Zebulun will dwell by the shore of the seas; he will be by the shore of ships, and his flank will be toward Sidon.

14Issachar is a strong-boned donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

15He saw that the resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant for forced labor.

16Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

17Let Dan be a serpent by the road, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.

18For your salvation I wait, O Yahweh.

19Gad—a raiding band will raid him, but he will raid at their heels.

20Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide royal delicacies.

21Naphtali is a doe let loose, giving beautiful words.

22Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a spring; daughters step over the wall.

23They bitterly attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him—the archers.

24Yet his bow remained steady, and his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel.

25by the God of your father, who will help you, and by the Almighty, who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep lying beneath, blessings of breasts and womb.

26The blessings of your father have prevailed beyond the blessings of my parents, to the utmost bounds of the ancient hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.

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