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Genesis 49:17
A small snake can overcome a large horse. So the *tribe of Dan will be a small *tribe but it will be powerful.
A small snake can overcome a large horse. So the *tribe of Dan will be a small *tribe but it will be powerful.
Verse Genesis 49:17. _DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT_] The original word is נחש _nachash_, and we have seen in _Clarke's note "_Genesis 3:1_"_ that this has a great variety of significations. It is probable...
- 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...
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 ...
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...
DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT— The next word points out a particular kind of serpent: the Vulgate takes it for the _cerastes,_ a kind of _horned_ serpent, of a very subtle nature, which, Pliny says, hides it...
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:...
_DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT BY THE WAY, AN ADDER IN THE PATH, THAT BITETH THE HORSE HEELS, SO THAT HIS RIDER SHALL FALL BACKWARD._ An adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels - х_ SHªPIYPON_ (H8207...
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...
DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT] or, 'May Dan be,' etc., a wish for the tribe's success in war: cp. the conquest of Laish, Judges 18:27. The territory of Dan lay between Ephraim and Simeon. The Danites were ha...
DAN. — In passing on to the sons of the handmaids it was necessary to assure them of an independent rank among their brethren. The four tribes descended from them did always hold an inferior position,...
יְהִי ־דָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ עֲלֵי ־דֶ֔רֶךְ שְׁפִיפֹ֖ן...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Joshua 19:40....
This verse forms a sweet break in the thread of Jacob's blessing. So said Simeon, Luke 2:25. Reader! GOD grant that so may you and I. Heb 11:13-14....
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...
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...
DAN SHALL BE A SERPENT BY THE WAY, AN ADDER IN THE PATH,.... Or be like that sort of serpents called the adder; or rather, that which has the name of Cerastes, which lies among sand, and being of the...
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. Ver. 17. _Dan shall be a serpent by the way._] He shall subtly set upon hi...
_An adder_, שׁפיפון _shepipon_ A cerastes, probably, or kind of horned serpent, of a subtle nature, which, according to Pliny, hides its whole body in the sand, showing only its horns to catch birds....
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...
THE BLESSING UPON ZEBULUN, ISSACHAR, AND DAN...
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder, a dangerous viper, IN THE PATH, THAT BITETH THE HORSE-HEELS, SO THAT HIS RIDER SHALL FALL BACKWARD. Although this is here not spoken in a reproachful sense...
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...
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...
AN ADDER: _ Heb._ an arrow snake...
13-18 Concerning Zebulun: if prophecy says, Zebulun shall be a haven of ships, be sure Providence will so plant him. God appoints the bounds of our habitation. It is our wisdom and duty to accommodat...
AN ADDER IN THE PATH, which covereth and hideth itself in the sand or dust of the highway, watching for men or beasts that pass that way. He notes the subtlety of that tribe, which should conquer thei...
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...
Genesis 49:17 Dan H1835 serpent H5175 way H1870 viper H8207 path H734 bites H5391 (H8802) horses H5483 heels...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Zebulun. .. Issachar. .. Dan. .. Gad. .. Asher. .. Naphtali. .. Benjamin_ THE BLESSINGS OF ZEBULUN, &C. : Consider these blessings-- I. IN THEIR VARIETY. 1. Maritime power. 2. Husbandry. 3. Po...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:16 Jacob sees in DAN and his descendants both positive and negative qualities. Their snakelike behavior is later seen in their assault on the unsuspecting inhabitants of Lai...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 49:14. A strong ass.] Heb. _An ass of bone._ “The figure here employed has nothing mean about it. The Oriental ass is a more stately animal than the Western.” (_Lange_)— GENE...
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...
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...
shall be. Judges 14:1 Judges 15:20 Judges 16:22 Judges 18:22...