6 Let Reuben live, and not die, and let not his men be few .
7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah , and bring him unto his people : let his hands be sufficient for him , and be thou an help to him from his enemies .
8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one , whom thou didst prove at Massah , and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
9 Who said unto his father, and to his mother, I have not seen him , neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy cove∣nant .
10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgements, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense be∣fore thee , and whole burnt-sacrifice upon thine altar.
11 Bless, LORD, his substance , and accept the work of his hands , smite through the loins of them that rise against him , and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him , and the LORD shall cover him all the day long , and he shall dwell between his shoulders .
13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land , for the precious things of heaven , for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath :
14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun , and for the precious things put forth by the moon .
15 And for the chief things of the ancient moun∣tains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills .
16 And for the precious things of the earth , and