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Text -- Genesis 49:1-10 (NET)
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The Blessing of Jacob
49:1 Jacob called for his sons and said , “Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future .
49:2 “Assemble and listen , you sons of Jacob ; listen to Israel , your father .
49:3 Reuben , you are my firstborn , my might and the beginning of my strength , outstanding in dignity , outstanding in power .
49:4 You are destructive like water and will not excel , for you got on your father’s bed , then you defiled it– he got on my couch !
49:5 Simeon and Levi are brothers , weapons of violence are their knives !
49:6 O my soul , do not come into their council , do not be united to their assembly , my heart , for in their anger they have killed men , and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen .
49:7 Cursed be their anger , for it was fierce , and their fury , for it was cruel . I will divide them in Jacob , and scatter them in Israel !
49:8 Judah , your brothers will praise you . Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies , your father’s sons will bow down before you.
49:9 You are a lion’s cub , Judah , from the prey , my son , you have gone up . He crouches and lies down like a lion ; like a lioness – who will rouse him?
49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah , nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet , until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Parents |
Intercession |
Death |
Benedictions |
Israel |
CAIN |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 |
APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, 2 |
Bless |
JACOB (1) |
Will |
GENESIS, 4 |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Jacob |
Simeon |
Judah |
Levi |
Reuben |
APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, 3 |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
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NET Notes: Gen 49:4 The last verb is third masculine singular, as if for the first time Jacob told the brothers, or let them know that he knew. For a discussion of this p...
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NET Notes: Gen 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew word מְכֵרָה (mÿkherah) is uncertain. It has been rendered (1) “habitat...
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NET Notes: Gen 49:6 The Hebrew text reads “my glory,” but it is preferable to repoint the form and read “my liver.” The liver was sometimes viewed...
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NET Notes: Gen 49:7 Divide…scatter. What is predicted here is a division of their tribes. Most commentators see here an anticipation of Levi being in every area but...
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NET Notes: Gen 49:8 There is a wordplay here; the name Judah (יְהוּדָה, yÿhudah) sounds in Hebrew like the verb trans...
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