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Verse Genesis 49:26. _THE BLESSING OF THY FATHER, C._] The blessings
which thy father now prays for and pronounces are neither _temporal_
nor _transitory_ they shall exceed in their _duration_ the _e...
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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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THE BLESSINGS OF THY FATHER, &C.— This verse is variously rendered.
The common interpretation given is this; thy father's blessings, or
prayers, in thy behalf, are more ample, prevalent, and comprehen...
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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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_THE BLESSINGS OF THY FATHER HAVE PREVAILED ABOVE THE BLESSINGS OF MY
PROGENITORS UNTO THE UTMOST BOUND OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS: THEY SHALL
BE ON THE HEAD OF JOSEPH, AND ON THE CROWN OF THE HEAD OF H...
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49:26 ancestors, (d-11) Or 'parents.' from (e-39) Heb.'Nazarite.'
others, 'crowned [among].'...
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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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The blessing of Moses on the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,
Deuteronomy 33:13, may be studied in connexion with this difficult v.
Render with RM, 'The blessings of thy father have prevailed above
(ex...
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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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בִּרְכֹ֣ת אָבִ֗יךָ גָּֽבְרוּ֙ עַל
־בִּרְכֹ֣ת הֹורַ֔י...
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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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The blessings of thy father have (t) prevailed above the blessings of
my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they
shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head o...
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The blessings of thy father, &c. That is, thy father's blessings are
made more prevalent and effectual in thy regard, by the additional
strength they receive from his inheriting the blessings of his
p...
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Isaiah 1:7; 1 Peter 2:6
Nothing can afford a higher proof that the Patriarch Jacob, in all
that he here said, was guided by the spirit of prophecy, and not by
natural affection: because his prediction...
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Genesis 28:13; Deuteronomy 33:13....
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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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THE BLESSINGS OF THY FATHER HAVE PREVAILED ABOVE THE BLESSINGS OF MY
PROGENITORS,.... Jacob's blessings were greater and more numerous,
both those which he himself had, and bestowed upon his offspring...
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The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my
progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall
be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of hi...
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_Even by the God of thy father_ Jacob, _who shall help thee _
Our experiences of God's power and goodness, in strengthening us
hitherto, are encouragements still to hope for _help_ from him. He
that _...
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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 blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my
progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall
be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of hi...
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THE PROPHECY UPON GAD, ASHER, NAPHTALI, JOSEPH, AND BENJAMIN...
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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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22-27 The blessing of Joseph is very full. What Jacob says of him, is
history as well as prophecy. Jacob reminds him of the difficulties and
fiery darts of temptations he had formerly struggled throu...
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THE BLESSINGS which I THY FATHER have conferred upon thee, are much
more considerable than those which I received from my father Isaac, or
from my grandfather Abraham This was true,
1. In the extent...
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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 49:26 blessings H1293 father H1 excelled H1396 (H8804)
blessings H1293 ancestors H2029 (H8802) bound H8379 ev
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“Joseph is the son of a fruitful tree,
The son of a fruitful tree by a spring,
His daughters run over the wall.
The archers have sorely grieved him,
And shot at him and persecuted him,
But his bo...
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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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_Joseph is a fruitful bough_
THE BLESSING OF JOSEPH:
I. PREDICTION OF HIS FUTURE GREATNESS.
1. His extraordinary increase.
2. His great prosperity.
(1) All kinds of blessings were promised.
(2)...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:22 Jacob reserves his longest blessing
for JOSEPH, confirming his special standing. The references to God
(using a variety of divine titles), along with the emphasis on
bles...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 49:22. Whose branches run over the wall.] “Transcend all the
usual boundaries of a well-enclosed garden. Joseph is, in prospect,
the twofold tribe that bursts the bounds assi...
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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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have prevailed. Genesis 27:27 Genesis 27:39 Genesis 27:40 Genesis 28:3...