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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Genesis 49:20

i.e. Out of the land of Asher. Or, As for or concerning Asher, his bread-corn shall be fuller and sweeter and better than ordinary; and he shall yield royal dainties; not only oil for ointments, but also delicious and excellent fruits, fit to be presented to a king. See Deuteronomy 33:24,25.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    OUT OF ASHER, &C.— _The meat of Asher shall be fat,_ is Durell's rendering; who observes, that this patriarch (whose name implies _happiness_) had the satisfaction to hear his father declare, in the c...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _OUT OF ASHER HIS BREAD SHALL BE FAT, AND HE SHALL YIELD ROYAL DAINTIES._ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat. [Considering mem (m), as we have done, as connected with the last word in the previous v...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The tribe of Asher settled along the productive land on the coast between Mt. Carmel and Lebanon. SHALL BE FAT] Asher was famous for its produce of olive oil: see on Deuteronomy 33:24....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *tribe of Asher would have land where crops grow well....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ASHER. — The territory of this tribe, extending along the coast from Mount Carmel to Lebanon, was very productive. Zebulun, the trading tribe, could reach the sea only through their possessions....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מֵ אָשֵׁ֖ר שְׁמֵנָ֣ה לַחְמֹ֑ו וְ ה֥וּא יִתֵּ֖

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Out of Asher his (p) bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. (p) He will abound in corn and pleasant fruits....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fat, delicious. This country was very luxuriant, Deuteronomy xxxiii. 24. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Deuteronomy 33:24. How precious is that promise made to Asher: Deuteronomy 33:25. And how very sweet have the LORD'S people found it in all ages!...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    20._Out of Asher_. The inheritance of Asher is but just alluded to, which he declares shall be fruitful in the best and finest wheat, so that it shall need no foreign supply of food, having abundance...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    OUT OF ASHER HIS BREAD SHALL BE FAT,.... Which signifies that this tribe would have a sufficiency of food out of their own land, without being obliged to others, and that it would be of the best sort;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Out of Asher his bread shall be fat_ This implies that it should be a rich tribe, replenished not only with _bread_ for necessity, but with _fatness_, with _dainties, royal dainties_, and these expor...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PROPHECY UPON GAD, ASHER, NAPHTALI, JOSEPH, AND BENJAMIN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties, shall produce pleasant foods. The fat which he would bring forth on his very fertile land in the plains toward Phenicia, would b...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    19-21 Concerning Gad, Jacob alludes to his name, which signifies a troop, and foresees the character of that tribe. The cause of God and his people, though for a time it may seem to be baffled and ru...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 49:20 Bread H3899 Asher H836 rich H8082 yield H5414 (H8799) royal H4428 dainties H4574 Yield - PtC H3514

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Asher's food will be rich, and he will yield royal dainties.” It would appear that Asher has ventured into catering. He may even have been given a position in Pharaoh's palace. He is thus eating exc...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Asher_ THE BLESSING OF ASHER: Let us look at some of the spiritual points of instruction contained in this blessing of Jacob upon Asher. And first as to their “ bread,” which is described as “fat.”...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Zebulun. .. Issachar. .. Dan. .. Gad. .. Asher. .. Naphtali. .. Benjamin_ THE BLESSINGS OF ZEBULUN, &C. : Consider these blessings-- I. IN THEIR VARIETY. 1. Maritime power. 2. Husbandry. 3. Po...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:20 ASHER’S descendants will enjoy success. Their territory along the coastal plain of Acco will provide fertile land and harbors for trade....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 49:14. A strong ass.] Heb. _An ass of bone._ “The figure here employed has nothing mean about it. The Oriental ass is a more stately animal than the Western.” (_Lange_)— GENE...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 30:13 Genesis 46:17 Deuteronomy 33:24 Deuteronomy 33:25...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Concerning Asher, he foretells, That it should be a rich tribe, replenished not only with bread for necessity, but with fatness, with dainties, royal dainties, and these exported out of Asher, to othe...

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