Scripture Readings

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Genesis 49:1-2,8-12 (Vespers, 1st reading)

1
And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
2
“Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.
8
“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you.
9
Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
11
Binding his donkey to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes.
12
His eyes are darker than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.