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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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GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER— Jacob received a double blessing,
spiritual and temporal, the promise of the land of Canaan, and the
promise of the seed in which all the nations of the earth should be
ble...
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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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_GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER, AND HEAR, YE SONS OF JACOB; AND HEARKEN
UNTO ISRAEL YOUR FATHER._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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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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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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הִקָּבְצ֥וּ וְ שִׁמְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י
יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְ...
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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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Proverbs 4:1
It is remarkable that from this tribe of Israel, there never arose a
governor, a prophet, or prince. And it is as remarkable that the
Reubenites chose their settlement on the other side o...
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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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GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER,.... This is repeated to hasten them, and
to suggest that he had something of importance to make known unto
them, which he chose to do, when they were together:
AND HEAR, Y...
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_Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
unto Israel your father._
Ver. 2. _Hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken._] Draw up the ears of
your souls to the ears of your bodie...
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_Hearken, unto Israel your father_ This chapter calls for our
strictest attention, for it contains a number of predictions which
were to be fulfilled at distant periods, through a long succession of
a...
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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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Gather yourselves together and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken
unto Israel, your father. The solemn and impressive admonition was
made in order to get their full attention. The things which would...
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The Blessing upon Reuben...
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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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1,2 All Jacob's sons were living. His calling them together was a
precept for them to unite in love, not to mingle with the Egyptians;
and foretold that they should not be separated, as Abraham's son...
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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 49:2 together H6908 (H8734) hear H8085 (H8798) sons H1121
Jacob H3290 listen H8085 (H8798) Israel...
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“Assemble yourselves and hear, you sons of Jacob, And listen to
Israel your father.”
His words are to the sons as a family, although each will be treated
individually. For some they represent devasta...
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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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_Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall
befall you in the last days_
JACOB AS A PROPHET OF THE LORD;
In this dying speech of Jacob to his sons we have the characteristics
o...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:1 After blessing Joseph and his two sons,
Jacob summons all his other SONS together to tell them what will
happen in the DAYS TO COME (or “in the latter days”; see note on...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 49:1. In the last days.] This phrase is often used to denote
the Messianic times (Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 38:16;
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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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hearken. Psalms 34:11 Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 1:9 Proverbs 4:1 Proverbs
5:1
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Hearken to Israel your father — Let Israel that has prevailed with
God, prevail with you....