Genesis 49:9-24

Judah is a young lion   — my son, you return from the kill. He crouches; he lies down like a lion or a lioness — who dares to rouse him? The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes  , and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.  He ties his donkey to a vine, and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk. Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon.  Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags.  He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load and became a forced laborer.  Dan will judge his people  as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward. I wait for your salvation, Lord. Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.  Asher’s  food will be rich, and he will produce royal delicacies.  Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.  Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches  climb over the wall.  The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him. Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,  by the name of   the Shepherd,  the Rock of Israel,