Genesis 49:8-10 KJV,NLT

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:9

is. Figure of speech Metaphor. Rest of verse is Allegory. App-6 . lion. See note on Numbers 2:32 . read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:10

sceptre. First occ Put by Metonymy (of Adjunct) for Him Who holds it. Septuagint and Targ read "ruler". See Numbers 24:17 . Psalms 45:6 . Zechariah 10:11 . lawgiver. First occurance. Compare Numbers 21:18 . Deuteronomy 33:21 .Psalms 60:7 ; Psalms 108:8 . Isaiah 33:22 . from between his feet = from his posterity. Put by Fig, Euphemy ( App-6 ). Septuagint and Targum of Onkelos read "from his thighs", i.e. "his seed". Compare Deuteronomy 28:57 . until Shiloh come = until He, Shiloh, comes.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 49:8-10

"Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be."As frequently in this prophecy, there is word play called by... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:8

Genesis 49:8. Judah— Jacob, having disinherited, in part, his three eldest sons, on account of their crimes, comes now to his fourth, who, according to the ancient and established law among nations, had the best right to succeed to what they had forfeited. He takes occasion to observe in the beginning of the discourse which he addresses to him, that as his name implied praise, he, accordingly, should be praised by his brethren; and that, on account of his military exploits, they would honour... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:9

Genesis 49:9. Judah is a lion's whelp— The common interpretation given to this verse is, that it is an allegorical repetition, or illustration by similes of the former: the warlike Judah being compared to a lion, and his enemies to a lion's prey: in which sense a gradation is observed, Judah being compared first to a lion's whelp, then to a grown lion, then to a lioness (for so the original of the word, rendered an old lion, signifies; see Ezekiel 19:2-3.) a lioness being reckoned the fiercest... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:10

Genesis 49:10. The sceptre, &c.— We shall not attempt to enter into the various expositions which have been given of this celebrated passage, but shall content ourselves with laying before the reader a few of those which appear to us the clearest and most unexceptionable. I. The sceptre, i.e.. the power of government; law-giver, i.e.. a judge or a person who dispenses law; from between his feet, i.e.. of his posterity, Judah's posterity, Judah being often taken for the whole race of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 49:10

10. until Shiloh come—Shiloh—this obscure word is variously interpreted to mean "the sent" (John 17:3), "the seed" (Isaiah 11:1), the "peaceable or prosperous one" (Ephesians 2:14) —that is, the Messiah (Isaiah 11:10; Romans 15:12); and when He should come, "the tribe of Judah should no longer boast either an independent king or a judge of their own" [CALVIN]. The Jews have been for eighteen centuries without a ruler and without a judge since Shiloh came, and "to Him the gathering of the people... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:1-28

14. Jacob’s blessing of his sons 49:1-28Having blessed Pharaoh (Genesis 47:7-10) and Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 48:15-20), Jacob next blessed all 12 of his sons and foretold what would become of each of them and their descendants. He disqualified Reuben, Simeon, and Levi from leadership and gave that blessing to Judah. He granted the double portion to Joseph. This chapter is the last one in Genesis that gives the destinies of the family members of Abraham’s chosen line. It contains... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:8-12

Judah. Judah possessed a lion-like nature. As such he became the leader of the other tribes (Genesis 43:3-10; Judges 1:1-2; Judges 3:9; Judges 20:18; etc.). Through him came David and then Messiah, "the Lion of the Tribe of Judah" (Revelation 5:5). Judah led the other tribes in the march through the wilderness (Numbers 2:1-3) and in the monarchy.The scepter (Genesis 49:10) was and is the symbol of royal command, the right to rule. Judah was to exercise leadership among the tribes until Shiloh... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:1-33

Jacob Blesses his Twelve SonsIt 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 additions and developments of a later date. As it stands we have not the broken utterances of a dying man, but an elaborate piece of work full of word-plays and metaphors (see on Genesis 49:8, Genesis 49:13, Genesis 49:16), and of those parallelisms in the vv. which are the chief feature of Hebrew... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 49:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 49:8-10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 49:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:1-28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 49:8-12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:1-33

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