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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Genesis 49:23

(r) The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:

(r) As his brethren when they were his enemies, Potiphar and others.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 49:23. _THE CHIEF ARCHERS_] בעלי חצים _baaley chitstsim_, the _masters of arrows _- Joseph's brethren, who either used such weapons, while feeding their flocks in the deserts, for the p...

  • 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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE ARCHERS, &C.— Most commentators allow, that by archers here must be understood Joseph's brethren, who hated him and sold him into AEgypt; his mistress, who tempted and falsely accused him; and his...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE ARCHERS HAVE SORELY GRIEVED HIM, AND SHOT AT HIM, AND HATED HIM:_ The archers have sorely grieved him ... The image is here changed to that of a warrior engaged in a deadly contest. The "archers...

  • 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 ARCHERS] perhaps Canaanite and Arab peoples bordering on these tribes....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    If the translation ‘*donkey’ is right, these verses mean this. Joseph is in a dangerous place. One can shoot a wild *donkey when it is drinking. It cannot hide itself when it is by a rock. So people a...

  • 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

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּ וָ רֹ֑בּוּ וַֽ יִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ...

  • 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

    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...

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

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How was JESUS shot at, and his Church assaulted in all ages! Isaiah 50:6....

  • 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 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

    THE ARCHERS HAVE SORELY GRIEVED HIM, AND SHOT AT HIM, AND HATED HIM. His brethren who grieved him with their ill usage, shot out bitter words against him, and hated him for his dreams, and because his...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:_ Ver. 23. _The archers have sorely grieved him._] These were his barbarous brethren, that sold him; his adulterous mistress, th...

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

    _The archers have sorely grieved him_ Though he now lived in ease and in honour, Jacob reminds him of the difficulties he had formerly waded through. He had had many enemies, here called _archers_, be...

  • 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 archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. His adversaries, as well his own brethren as his master and mistress; with their scoffs, and slanders, and injuries, which in the Scripture are oft compared to _arrows._...

  • 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 49:23 archers H1167 H2671 grieved H4843 (H8762) Shot H7232 (H8804) hated H7852 (H8799)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • 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

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The archer have sorely grieved him — Tho' he now lived at ease and in honour, Jacob minds him of the difficulties he had formerly waded through. He had many enemies here called archers, being skilful...

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