Genesis 49:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Genesis 35:22

During their time there, Jacob's eldest son Reuben slept with Bilhah, who was one of Jacob's other wives. And Jacob found out about it.

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin, you are a fierce wolf, destroying your enemies morning and evening.

Genesis 49:29

Jacob told his sons: Soon I will die, and I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave. Abraham bought this cave as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, and it is near the town of Mamre in Canaan. Abraham and Sarah are buried there, and so are Isaac and Rebekah. I buried Leah there too.

1 Kings 18:31

Then he used twelve stones to build an altar in honour of the LORD. Each stone stood for one of the tribes of Israel, which was the name the LORD had given to their ancestor Jacob. Elijah dug a ditch around the altar, large enough to hold almost fourteen litres.

Esther 8:11

In these letters the king said: On the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month, the Jews in every city and province will be allowed to get together and defend themselves. They may destroy any army that attacks them, and they may kill all their enemies, including women and children. They may also take everything that belongs to their enemies. A copy of this law is to be posted in every province and read by everyone.

Esther 8:7

King Xerxes then said to Esther and Mordecai, “I have already ordered Haman to be hanged and his house given to Esther, because of his evil plans to kill the Jews.

Esther 8:9

On the twenty-third day of Sivan, the third month, the king's secretaries wrote the law. They obeyed Mordecai and wrote to the Jews, the rulers, the governors, and the officials of all one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. The letters were written in every language used in the kingdom, including the Jewish language.

Exodus 28:21

and engrave on each of them the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Numbers 23:24

They are like angry lions ready to attack; and they won't rest until their victim is gobbled up.”

Acts 26:7

Day and night our twelve tribes have earnestly served God, waiting for his promised blessings. King Agrippa, because of this hope, the Jewish leaders have brought charges against me.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Moses was a prophet, and before he died, he blessed the tribes of Israel by saying:

James 1:1

From James, a servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes scattered all over the world.

Revelation 7:4

Then I heard how many people had been marked on the forehead. There were one hundred and forty-four thousand, and they came from every tribe of Israel: