- Genesis 49:19
גָּד גְּדוּד יְגוּדֶנּוּ וְהוּא יָגֻד עָקֵב׃
Gad shall be raided by raiders, But he shall raid at their heels.
Targum Onkelos
דְּבֵית גָּד מַשְׁרְיָת מְזָיְנִין יִעְבְּרוּן יָת יַרְדְּנָא קֳדָם אֲחֵיהוֹן לִקְרָבָא וּבְנִכְסִין סַגִּיאִין יְתוּבוּן לַאֲרַעְהוֹן׃
[From the house of] Gad will be an assailing [armed] troop[s will pass over the Jordan before their brothers to war]; he will be a troop at their heels [and they will return to their land with much property].
- Genesis 49:20
מֵאָשֵׁר שְׁמֵנָה לַחְמוֹ וְהוּא יִתֵּן מַעֲדַנֵּי־מֶלֶךְ׃
Asher’s bread shall be rich, And he shall yield royal dainties.
Targum Onkelos
דְּאָשֵׁר טָבָא אַרְעֵיהּ וְהִיא מְרַבְּיָא תַּפְנוּקֵי מַלְכִין׃
From Asher will come oily food [The land of Asher is good], he will provide [it produces] delicacies for the king.
- Genesis 49:21
נַפְתָּלִי אַיָּלָה שְׁלֻחָה הַנֹּתֵן אִמְרֵי־שָׁפֶר׃
Naphtali is a hind let loose, Which yields lovely fawns.
Targum Onkelos
נַפְתָּלִי בַּאֲרַע טָבָא יִתְרְמֵי עַדְבֵּיהּ וְאַחְסָנְתֵיהּ תְּהֵי מַעְבְּדָא פֵירִין יְהוֹן מוֹדַן וּמְבָרְכִין עֲלֵיהוֹן׃
Naftali is a gazelle-like messenger, [The lot of Naftali will fall on a good land. His inheritance will yield fruit,] he delivers pleasant Sayings [they will give thanks and blessings over them].
- Genesis 49:22
בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי־עָיִן בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר׃
Joseph is a wild ass, A wild ass by a spring —Wild colts on a hillside.
Targum Onkelos
בְּרִי דִּסְגֵּי יוֹסֵף בְּרִי דְּאִתְבָּרַךְ כְּגוֹפֶן דִּנְצִיב עַל עֵינָא דְּמַיָּא תְּרֵין שִׁבְטִין יִפְּקוּן מִבְּנוֹהִי יְקַבְּלוּן חוּלָקָא וְאַחְסָנְתָא׃
A fruitful son is Yoseif, [Yoseif is a son who will increase,] a fruitful son at the well [source] [a son who will be blessed like a vine planted by a spring of water]. Daughters tread on the wall. [Two tribes will emerge from his sons, they will receive a portion and an inheritance.]
- Genesis 49:23
וַיְמָרְרֻהוּ וָרֹבּוּ וַיִּשְׂטְמֻהוּ בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים׃
Archers bitterly assailed him; They shot at him and harried him.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִתְמָרַרוּ עִמֵּיהּ וְנַקְמוּהִי וְאַעִיקוּ לֵיהּ גּוּבְרִין גִּבָּרִין בַּעֲלֵי פַלְגוּתֵיהּ׃
They made him bitter and quarreled with him [they avenged themselves on him]. Expert bowmen with hatred made him their target. [Mighty men, those who have half, afflicted him.]
- Genesis 49:24
וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֹ וַיָּפֹזּוּ זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו מִידֵי אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב מִשָּׁם רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
Yet his bow stayed taut, And his arms were made firm By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob— There, the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel—
Targum Onkelos
וְתַבַת בְּהוֹן נְבִיּוּתֵיהּ עַל דְּקַיֵּים אוֹרָיְתָא בְּסִתְרָא וְשַׁוִּי תּוּקְפָא רוּחְצָנֵיהּ בְּכֵן יִתְרְמַא דְּהַב עַל דְּרָעוֹהִי אַחְסֵין מַלְכוּתָא וּתְקֵיף דָּא הֲוָת לֵיהּ מִן קֳדָם אֵל תַּקִּיפָא דְּיַעֲקֹב דִּבְמֵימְרֵיהּ זָן אֲבָהָן וּבְנִין זַרְעָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃
His bow remained in strength, [His prophecy was fulfilled in them, because he secretly kept the Torah. He placed his trust in the Almighty,] his arms were bedecked with gold, [therefore, gold was placed on his arms / and he inherited kingship and power.] by the hand of Mighty One of Yaakov [This was for him from before the Mighty God of Yaakov]; from there he became the shepherd [the provider], [who by His Word sustained] the stone of Israel [the fathers and sons of the seed of Israel].
- Genesis 49:25
מֵאֵל אָבִיךָ וְיַעְזְרֶךָּ וְאֵת שַׁדַּי וִיבָרְכֶךָּ בִּרְכֹת שָׁמַיִם מֵעָל בִּרְכֹת תְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּחַת בִּרְכֹת שָׁדַיִם וָרָחַם׃
The God of your father, who helps you, And Shaddai who blesses you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that couches below, Blessings of the breast and womb.
Targum Onkelos
מֵימַר אֱלָהָא דַּאֲבוּךְ יְהֵי בְּסַעֲדָךְ וְיָת שַׁדַּי וִיבָרְכִנָּךְ בִּרְכָן דְּנָחֲתָן מִטַּלָּא דִּשְׁמַיָּא מִלְּעֵילָא בִּרְכָן דְּנָגְדָן מִמַּעֲמַקֵּי אַרְעָא מִלְּרַע בִּרְכָתָא דַּאֲבוּךְ וּדְאִמָּךְ׃
From the Almighty [The Word of the God] of your father and He will help you [will be your support], and Shaddai Who will bless you with the blessings of [that descend from the dew of the] heaven from above, blessings [that flow] of [from] the depths [of the earth] that lie below, blessings of seed and womb [your father and your mother].
- Genesis 49:26
בִּרְכֹת אָבִיךָ גָּבְרוּ עַל־בִּרְכֹת הוֹרַי עַד־תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם תִּהְיֶיןָ לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקׇדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָיו׃
The blessings of your father Surpass the blessings of my ancestors, To the utmost bounds of the eternal hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, On the brow of the elect of his brothers.
Targum Onkelos
בִּרְכָתָא דַּאֲבוּךְ יִתּוֹסְפָן לָךְ עַל בִּרְכָתָא דְּלִי בָרִיכוּ אֲבָהָתַי דְּחַמִּידוּ לְהוֹן רַבְרְבַיָּא דְּמִן עָלְמָא יִהְוְיָן כָּל אִלֵּין לְרֵישָׁא דְּיוֹסֵף גּוּבְרָא פְּרִישָׁא דַּאֲחוֹהִי׃
The blessings that [of] your father [received] are stronger than [will be in addition to] the blessings [with which] my forebears [received] [blessed me] even to the boundaries of the eternal hills [for which the righteous of the earth longed]; they [all these] shall be on Yoseif’s head, on the crown of him who is a Nazirite among his brothers [and on the man who was separated from his brothers].