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Text -- Genesis 49:1-8 (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.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
 · Judah the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
 · Levi members of the tribe of Levi
 · Reuben the tribe of Reuben
 · Simeon a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him


Dictionary Themes and Topics: CAIN | Intercession | Israel | Benedictions | GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 | JACOB (1) | GENESIS, 4 | GENESIS, 1-2 | Death | APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, 2 | Bless | Will | Parents | Jacob | Levi | Simeon | Reuben | APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, 3 | JUDGES, PERIOD OF | EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 | more
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NET Notes: Gen 49:1 The expression “in the future” (אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִ...

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...

NET Notes: Gen 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew word מְכֵרָה (mÿkherah) is uncertain. It has been rendered (1) “habitat...

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...

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...

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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