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Genesis 49

Gen 49:1-33—Jacob's dying blessing: prophetic of the tribes of Israel.

Gen 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

Judah

Gen 49:8,10; Rev 5:5.

Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Shiloh

Christ (First Advent). 2 Sam 7:16. (Gen 3:15; Acts 1:9.)

Gen 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Issachar

Gen 49:15.

Gen 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

Gad

Gen 30:11.

Gen 49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Asher

Jos 19:24-31.

Gen 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

blessed

Jacob's life, ending in serenity and blessing, testifies to the power of God to transform character. His spiritual progress has six notable phases:

  1. the first exercise of faith, as shown in the purchase of the birthright (Genesis 25:28-34; 27:10-22);
  2. the vision at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-19);
  3. walking in the flesh (Genesis 29:1 - 31:55);
  4. the transforming experience (Genesis 32:24-31);
  5. the return to Bethel: idols put away (Genesis 35:1-7);
  6. the walk of faith (Genesis 37:1 - 49:33).

Gen 49:30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

Machpelah

Scofield Gen 23:4, note.

Gen 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

Isaac

Gen 35:29.

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