Genesis 49:8-12

New Catholic Bible

⁸ “Judah, your brothers shall praise you.
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies.
The sons of your father shall bow down before you.
⁹ A young lion is Judah.
    From the prey, my son, you have turned.
He crouches like a lion,
    and like a lioness;
    who dares to rouse him?
¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah
    nor the mace from between his feet,
until it comes to whom it belongs,
    and the obedience of the peoples is his.
¹¹ He tethers his colt to the vine,
    and to a choice vine the colt of his donkey.
He washes his garments in wine,
    and in the blood of the grapes his clothes.
¹² His eyes are darker than wine,
    and his teeth whiter than milk.