Gn 49:8-15

8“You, Judah, shall your brothers praise

—your hand on the neck of your enemies;

the sons of your father shall bow down to you.

9Judah is a lion’s cub,

you have grown up on prey, my son.

He crouches, lies down like a lion,

like a lioness—who would dare rouse him?^c

10The scepter shall never depart from Judah,

or the mace from between his feet,

Until tribute comes to him,^*

and he receives the people’s obedience.

11He tethers his donkey to the vine,

his donkey’s foal to the choicest stem.

In wine he washes his garments,

his robe in the blood of grapes.^*

12His eyes are darker than wine,

and his teeth are whiter than milk.

13“Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore;

he will be a haven for ships,

and his flank shall rest on Sidon.

14“Issachar is a rawboned donkey,

crouching between the saddlebags.

15When he saw how good a settled life was,

and how pleasant the land,

He bent his shoulder to the burden

and became a toiling serf.