No harm will overtake ¹  you; no illness ²  will come near your home. ³ 

The righteous do not encounter ¹  any harm, ²  but the wicked are filled with calamity. ³ 

For the very thing I dreaded ¹  has happened ²  to me, and what I feared has come upon me. ³ 

Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, ¹  for he said, ²  “What if some accident ³  happens ⁴  to him?”

If you take ¹  this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair ²  in tragedy ³  to the grave.’ ⁴ 

Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather together so I can tell you ¹  what will happen to you in the future. ² 

For I know that after I die you will totally ¹  corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly ²  before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions.” ³ 

In the house ¹  of the righteous is abundant wealth, ²  but the income of the wicked brings trouble. ³ 

For the fate of humans ¹  and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

But Jacob ¹  replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. ²  If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair ³  in sorrow to the grave.” ⁴ 

At that time ¹  my anger will erupt against them ²  and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome ³  them ⁴  so that they ⁵  will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters ⁶  overcome us ⁷  because our ⁸  God is not among us ⁹ ?’

For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?” ¹ 

For he repays a person for his work, ¹  and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him. ² 

The wise man can see where he is going, ¹  but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate ²  happens to them both. ³ 

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”

And now, ¹  compelled ²  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ³  without knowing what will happen to me there, ⁴ 

He will deliver you ¹  from six calamities; yes, in seven ²  no evil will touch you.

Listen to what they are saying to me. ¹  They are saying, “Where are the things the Lord threatens us with? Come on! Let’s see them happen!” ² 

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see ¹  the blood I will pass over you, ²  and this plague ³  will not fall on you to destroy you ⁴  when I attack ⁵  the land of Egypt. ⁶