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- Jacob Blesses His Sons
5. מכרה _m__e__kêrāh_, “weapon;” related: כיר _kārar_
or כרה _kārāh_ dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר
_mākar_ “sell,” in Arabic “take counsel. Habitation.”
10. מחקק...
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CHAPTER 49 JACOB'S PROPHECY
_ 1. The call of Jacob: “Gather yourselves together” (Genesis
49:1)_
2. The prophecy concerning his sons (Genesis 49:3)
Reuben (Genesis 49:3)
Simeon and Levi ...
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THE BLESSING OF JACOB. This poem had an independent origin, but if it
was incorporated in one of the main documents it would be in J. It is
not a mere collection of originally isolated utterances on t...
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BINDING HIS FOAL UNTO THE VINE, &C.— In the 8th and 9th verses the
pre-eminence and military power of Judah is predicted; in the 10th,
the continuance of that power till a certain period; and in these...
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PART FORTY-SEVEN
THE LAST DAYS OF JACOB AND JOSEPH
(Genesis 48:1 to Genesis 50:26)
The Biblical Account
48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph,
Behold, thy father is sick:...
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_HIS EYES SHALL BE RED WITH WINE, AND HIS TEETH WHITE WITH MILK._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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49:12 red (i-4) Or 'dull.'...
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JACOB BLESSES HIS TWELVE SONS
It is generally considered that in its present form, this chapter
gives us indeed the last utterances of the dying patriarch respecting
the future of his sons, but with a...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 49
JACOB BLESSES HIS SONS
V1 Then Jacob called his sons. He said to them, ‘Gather yourselves
together. I will tell you what shall happen to you in...
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Before Jacob died, he gave his *blessing as the father of the family.
A father’s *blessing was very important. (See Isaac’s *blessing in
Genesis 27:26-40.) God told Jacob what he should say. Therefore...
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HIS EYES SHALL BE RED WITH WINE. — The word rendered _red_ occurs
only here, and is rendered in the Versions, _bright, sparkling,_ and
in the Vulg., _beautiful._ They also give the word rendered in ou...
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חַכְלִילִ֥י עֵינַ֖יִם מִ יָּ֑יִן וּ
לְבֶן ־שׁ
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THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRIBES
Genesis 48:1; Genesis 49:1
JACOB'S blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal
dispensation. Henceforth the channel of God's blessing to man does not
consist o...
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JACOB FORETELLS THE FUTURE OF HIS SONS
Genesis 49:1
Once more Joseph visited his father's dying-bed. This was the third
time and the last. He stood as one of twelve strong bearded men,
gathered aroun...
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Before his passing, Jacob, in forecasting the future of his sons,
based what he had to say on what he had already seen in them. In some
cases the allusions are difficult to follow, and the connection...
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JACOB'S FINAL DAYS
The writer gives a brief record of the rest of Jacob's life before he
gives details of the events surrounding the time of his death. Jacob
lived seventeen more years in Egypt and s...
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Beautiful. The eyes and teeth contribute much to the beauty of a face.
Our Saviour, rising form the dead, filled the hearts fo the beholders
with joy, as wine exhilarates the heart of man. (Menochius)...
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John 15:1; 1 Kings 4:25; Revelation 19:18....
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Isaiah 63:2
This prophecy was completed, when the tribe of Zebulun had by lot
assigned it the border of the sea. Joshua 19:10....
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 48, 49, AND 50.
Lastly, in chapter 48 besides the prophetical character important in
the history of Israel we see Joseph as heir; the double portion (mark
of...
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HIS EYES SHALL BE RED WITH WINE,.... Signifying, not the intemperance
of this tribe, and their immoderate use of wine, and the effect of it
on them; but the goodness and generosity of their wine, that...
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His eyes [shall be] red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Ver. 12. _His eyes shall be red, &c._] Wine and milk are used to
signify plenty of spiritual blessings in heavenly things. Isaiah 55:...
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1 Iacob calleth his sonnes to blesse them.
3 Their blessing in particular.
29 He chargeth them about his buriall.
33 He dieth.
1 AND Iacob called vnto his sonnes, and said, Gather your selues
toge...
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The Blessing upon Judah...
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His eyes shall be red with wine and his teeth white with milk. In Him
we have the fullness of those gifts which will bring us true happiness
here and eternal salvation beyond the grave....
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TENTH SECTION
_Jacob’s blessing of his sons. Judah and his brethren. Jacob’s
last arrangements. His burial in Canaan. His death._
GENESIS 49:1-33
1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yo...
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JACOB'S PROPHECY AS TO THE TWELVE TRIBES
(vs.1-28)
After a life of many failures and troubles, the last days of Jacob
stand out in bright relief. His perception of God's ways became much
more clear a...
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8-12 Judah's name signifies praise. God was praised for him, chap.
Genesis 29:35, praised by him, and praised in him; therefore his
brethren shall praise him. Judah should be a strong and courageous...
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On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a
more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view
Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
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Genesis 49:12 eyes H5869 darker H2447 wine H3196 teeth H8127 whiter
H3836 milk H2461
Proverbs 2
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“Judah, your brothers will praise you,
Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies,
Your father's sons will bow down before you.
Judah is a lion's whelp,
My son, you are gone up from the prey,...
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Genesis 48 and 49
_(with Deuteronomy 33and Judges 5)_
Jacob's blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal
dispensation. Henceforth the channel of God's blessing to man does not
consist of...
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Genesis 49:1. _And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather
yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you
in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of...
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L, 2. _And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves
together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last
day. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; an...
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CONTENTS: Jacob's dying blessing, prophetic of the tribes of Israel.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, twelve sons.
CONCLUSION: It is a great blessing to attend upon Godly parents in
their last hours that we might...
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Genesis 49:2. _Gather yourselves together._ This phrase implies that
they should come purified, and prepared for instruction.
Genesis 49:3. _Reuben._ Jacob here seems to enumerate the excellencies
of...
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_Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise_
THE BLESSING OF JUDAH:
I. THAT HE SHOULD WIN THE PRAISE OF HIS BRETHREN.
II. THAT HE SHOULD BE THE TYPE OF THE VICTORIOUS HERO.
1. A growing pow...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:8 As with the other blessings, Jacob sees
the descendants of JUDAH in the light of Judah’s own personal
qualities. The nations will bring “tribute” (money or other gifts)
an...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 49:8. Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise.] An
allusion to his name which signifies _praise_ (Genesis 29:35.)—not
merely the _praised one_, but he for whom Jeho...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 49:1
AND JACOB (having closed his interview with Joseph and his two sons)
CALLED (by means of messengers) UNTO HIS SONS (_i.e._ the others who
were then absent), AND SAID, GATHER Y...
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And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that
I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days (Genesis
49:1).
This is probably the grandest hour of the old man Jaco...
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Proverbs 23:29...