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Verse Genesis 49:17. _DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT_] The original word is
נחש _nachash_, and we have seen in _Clarke's note "_Genesis 3:1_"_
that this has a great variety of significations. It is probable...
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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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DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT— The next word points out a particular kind
of serpent: the Vulgate takes it for the _cerastes,_ a kind of
_horned_ serpent, of a very subtle nature, which, Pliny says, hides
it...
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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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_DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT BY THE WAY, AN ADDER IN THE PATH, THAT BITETH
THE HORSE HEELS, SO THAT HIS RIDER SHALL FALL BACKWARD._
An adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels - х_ SHªPIYPON_
(H8207...
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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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DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT] or, 'May Dan be,' etc., a wish for the tribe's
success in war: cp. the conquest of Laish, Judges 18:27. The territory
of Dan lay between Ephraim and Simeon. The Danites were ha...
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A small snake can overcome a large horse. So the *tribe of Dan will be
a small *tribe but it will be powerful....
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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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DAN. — In passing on to the sons of the handmaids it was necessary
to assure them of an independent rank among their brethren. The four
tribes descended from them did always hold an inferior position,...
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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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JOSEPH SPECIALLY BLESSED
Genesis 49:13
The position of Zebulun and the following tribes in the land of
promise is accurately foretold. Compare the allotments of Joshua 18:1.
Notice the exclamation of...
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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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This verse forms a sweet break in the thread of Jacob's blessing. So
said Simeon, Luke 2:25. Reader! GOD grant that so may you and I. Heb
11:13-14....
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Joshua 19:40....
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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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DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT BY THE WAY, AN ADDER IN THE PATH,.... Or be
like that sort of serpents called the adder; or rather, that which has
the name of Cerastes, which lies among sand, and being of the...
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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Ver. 17. _Dan shall be a serpent by the way._] He shall subtly set
upon hi...
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_An adder_, שׁפיפון _shepipon_ A cerastes, probably, or kind of
horned serpent, of a subtle nature, which, according to Pliny, hides
its whole body in the sand, showing only its horns to catch birds....
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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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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder, a dangerous viper, IN THE
PATH, THAT BITETH THE HORSE-HEELS, SO THAT HIS RIDER SHALL FALL
BACKWARD. Although this is here not spoken in a reproachful sense...
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THE BLESSING UPON ZEBULUN, ISSACHAR, AND DAN...
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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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AN ADDER:
_ Heb._ an arrow snake...
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13-18 Concerning Zebulun: if prophecy says, Zebulun shall be a haven
of ships, be sure Providence will so plant him. God appoints the
bounds of our habitation. It is our wisdom and duty to accommodat...
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AN ADDER IN THE PATH, which covereth and hideth itself in the sand or
dust of the highway, watching for men or beasts that pass that way. He
notes the subtlety of that tribe, which should conquer thei...
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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 49:17 Dan H1835 serpent H5175 way H1870 viper H8207 path H734
bites H5391 (H8802) horses H5483 heels...
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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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_Zebulun. .. Issachar. .. Dan. .. Gad. .. Asher. .. Naphtali. ..
Benjamin_
THE BLESSINGS OF ZEBULUN, &C.
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Consider these blessings--
I. IN THEIR VARIETY.
1. Maritime power.
2. Husbandry.
3. Po...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:16 Jacob sees in DAN and his descendants
both positive and negative qualities. Their snakelike behavior is
later seen in their assault on the unsuspecting inhabitants of Lai...
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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...
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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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shall be. Judges 14:1 Judges 15:20 Judges 16:22 Judges 18:22...