What does Genesis 49:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
CHAPTER XLIX _Jacob, about to die, calls his sons together that he may bless them,_ _or give prophetic declarations concerning their posterity_, 1, 2. _Prophetic declaration concerning_ Reuben, 3,...
- 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 (Genesis 4...
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...
CALLED— Jacob, sensible that his last hour drew near, and having made an end of blessing Joseph's two sons, as is related at length in the preceding chapter, now calls all his sons together, that he m...
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...
_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._ Jacob called unto his sons. It is not to the sayings of the d...
WHICH SHALL BEFALL YOU] what will be the fortunes of the tribes descended from you. IN THE LAST DAYS] RV 'in the latter days,' i.e. in the future. 3, 4. The prediction concerning Reuben. Reuben was...
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...
XLIX. THE BLESSING OF THE TWELVE TRIBES. (1) THAT WHICH SHALL BEFALL YOU. — This dying song of Jacob has been regarded alike by Jews and Christians as a prophetic hymn spoken by the patriarch under th...
וַ יִּקְרָ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶל ־בָּנָ֑יו וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ וְ אַגִּ֣ידָה לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר ־יִקְרָ֥א...
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...
JACOB FORETELLS THE FUTURE OF HIS SONS Genesis 49:1 Once more Joseph visited his father's dying-bed. This was the third time and the last. He stood as one of twelve strong bearded men, gathered arou...
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...
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the (a) last days. (a) When God will bring you out of Egypt, and because he...
_Last. Hebrew, "future days." It was an ancient and commendable custom, for parents to assemble their children in their last moments, to give them salutary instructions. They often also foretold to th...
CONTENTS At length we arrive to that point which forms the period of all things here below: and we are brought to the conclusion of the Patriarch Jacob's history. This Chapter relates the memorable c...
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...
1._And Jacob called_. In the former chapter, the blessing on Ephraim and Manasseh was related Genesis 48:1, because, before Jacob should treat of the state of the whole nation about to spring from him...
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...
AND JACOB CALLED UPON HIS SONS,.... Who either were near at hand, and within call at the time Joseph came to visit him, or if at a distance, and at another time, he sent a messenger or messengers to t...
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. Ver. 1. _Gather yourselves together._] This is Jacob's swan-l...
_Gather yourselves together_ It was his will that they should all be sent for to see their father die, and to hear his dying words. It would be a comfort to him, who had sometimes thought himself bere...
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...
And Jacob called unto his sons, he summoned them to his death-bed, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. In prophetic exaltation and i...
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...
1,2 All Jacob's sons were living. His calling them together was a precept for them to unite in love, not to mingle with the Egyptians; and foretold that they should not be separated, as Abraham's sons...
GENESIS CHAPTER 49 Jacob calls his sons to bless them before his death, GENESIS 49:1. Bespeaks their attention, GENESIS 49:2. Condemns Reuben's incest, GENESIS 49:3,4; Simeon's and Levi's cruelty, GEN...
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 49:1 Jacob H3290 called H7121 (H8799) sons H1121 said H559 (H8799) together H622 (H8734) tell H5046 (H8686) befall H7122 (H8799) last H319 days H3117 Gather - Deuteronomy 31:12, Deuteronom
JACOB'S DEATHBED BLESSING ON HIS SONS (49:1-28). Genesis 49:1 ‘And Jacob called to his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together that I may tell you what will befall you in later days.” This is, a...
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 o...
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...
_Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days_ JACOB AS A PROPHET OF THE LORD; In this dying speech of Jacob to his sons we have the characteristics o...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 49:1 After blessing Joseph and his two sons, Jacob summons all his other SONS together to tell them what will happen in the DAYS TO COME (or “in the latter days”; see note on I...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 49:1. In the last days.] This phrase is often used to denote the Messianic times (Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 38:16; Jeremiah 30:24, etc). “This passage reaches to that...
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 Jac...
Gather. Deuteronomy 31:12 Deuteronomy 31:28 Deuteronomy 31:29 Deuteronomy 33:1 Psalms 25:14 Psalms 105:15 Isaiah 22:14 Isaiah 53:1 Daniel 2:47...
Gather yourselves together — Let them all be sent for to see their father die, and to hear his dying words. "Twas a comfort to Jacob, now he was dying, to see all his children about him tho' he had so...