8 “Judah, your brothers shall fpraise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 iThe scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;1
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
2 though zJudah became strong among his brothers and aa chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
4 Yet the Lord God of Israel vchose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For he chose wJudah as leader, and in the house of Judah xmy father’s house, and yamong my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
