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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...
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- 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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DISCOURSE: 61
JOSEPH A TYPE OF CHRIST
Genesis 49:22. _Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a
well; whose branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely
grieved him, and shot at hi...
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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...
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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:...
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_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...
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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...
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THE ARCHERS] perhaps Canaanite and Arab peoples bordering on these
tribes....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(22-26) JOSEPH. — The blessing of Joseph is, in many particulars,
the most remarkable of them all. Jacob throughout it seems struggling
with himself, and anxious to bestow more than was in his power....
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THE ARCHERS. — Naturally Jacob next describes the sorrows of
Joseph’s youth, but in poetical terms, so as not to wound the
feelings of his brethren, or rouse up thoughts of vengeance in
Joseph’s own m...
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וַֽ יְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּ וָ רֹ֑בּוּ וַֽ
יִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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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How was JESUS shot at, and his Church assaulted in all ages! Isaiah
50:6....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him;...
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THE PROPHECY UPON GAD, ASHER, NAPHTALI, JOSEPH, AND BENJAMIN...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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._...
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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...
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Genesis 49:23 archers H1167 H2671 grieved H4843 (H8762) Shot H7232
(H8804) hated H7852 (H8799)...
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“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...
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Genesis 49:23
These picturesque words are part of one of the oldest pieces of poetry
in the Bible the dying Jacob's prophetic blessing of his sons. Of
these sons, there are two over whom his heart se...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Joseph is a fruitful bough_
THE BLESSING OF JOSEPH:
I. PREDICTION OF HIS FUTURE GREATNESS.
1. His extraordinary increase.
2. His great prosperity.
(1) All kinds of blessings were promised.
(2)...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:22 Jacob reserves his longest blessing
for JOSEPH, confirming his special standing. The references to God
(using a variety of divine titles), along with the emphasis on
bles...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Genesis 37:4 Genesis 37:18 Genesis 37:24 Genesis 37:28 Genesis 39:7
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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...