Genesis 49:1-27 ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:22-26

“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 bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From there is the shepherd, the Rock of Israel, Even by the God of your father who will help you, And by Shaddai who will bless you, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:27

“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will devour the prey and at even he will divide the spoil.” To a shepherd the ravenous wolf was a dreaded but awesome sight. He ate in the morning and was himself satisfied and then in the evening he provided extra for his young. Thus likewise Benjamin will be successful in all his efforts, providing for himself and for his children. The picture is not necessarily derogatory. Men liked to be thought of in terms of fierce beasts. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:1-28

Genesis 49:1-Hosea : . 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 the tribes, but was from the first put in the lips of Jacob, though expansions and alterations have, no doubt, taken place. It need hardly be said that it is not the utterance of Jacob himself. It would be inexplicable that his vision should fix just on the period here... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:1

Or, in the following times, or latter days, when you shall enter into and be settled in the Land of Promise. Hereby he signifies, that he speaks here of things which concern not so much their persons as their posterity. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:3

The beginning of my strength; the first instance or evidence of my might or strength, or of that masculine rigour whereby God enabled me to beget a child. Compare Deuteronomy 21:17; Psalms 105:36. Or the first of my children, which are the strength, the stays, and supports of a father, and of his family; thence called his arrows, as Psalms 127:4, and by other authors, the pillars of the house. The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. As first-born thou hadst the right of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:4

Unstable as water: this may concern either, 1. Something past, or Reuben's fault; and so he is said to have been unstable, or light, and vain, as the word is used, Judges 9:4; Zephaniah 3:4; like water, moved with every little wind of temptation, and unbounded in thy lust; as water of itself hath no bounds, but will scatter itself every way, if it be not kept within banks, or in a vessel: or, hasty, violent, impetuous in thy lust, like water, which either overflows or breaks its banks. Or, 2.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:5

Simeon and Levi are brethren; not only by nature, but in iniquity; of like cruel and bloody disposition, confederate in the same wicked design, Genesis 34:25. So the word brother is elsewhere used, for him that agrees much with another in his temper, or employment, or designs, as Job 30:29; Proverbs 18:9, &c. Their bloody swords are yet in their dwellings, to bear witness against them for their barbarous cruelty. But these words may be, and are by some both ancient and later interpreters,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:6

Their secret; or, counsel, or company, as the word is used, Psalms 64:2; Jeremiah 15:17; i.e. do not partake with them in their secret and wicked designs. Hereby he signifies to all posterity, that that bloody enterprise was undertaken without his consent or approbation, and that he could not think of it without detestation, nor let it pass without a severe censure. Or, O my soul, thou wast not in their secret, as the Chaldee, Syriae, and Arabic take it, by a common enallage of the future tense... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, or, cursed was. It was execrable and abominable both before God and men; such as deserved and brought the curse of God upon themselves, which I, as God’s instrument, am now to pronounce against them. I do here declare, in the name of God, that they shall be divided and dispersed in Jacob, & c.; that is, among the children or tribes of Jacob or Israel. Prophets are said to do what they foretell that God will do, as Jeremiah is said to root out and pull down kingdoms,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:8

Or rather, Thou art Judah, thy brethren shall praise or celebrate thee. So the expression is like that 1 Samuel 25:25. As his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him, or in him. So here the sense is, As thy name signifies praise, Genesis 29:35, so shalt thou have praise or honour from thy brethren. He alludes to his name, and to the occasion of it, but with an elegant variation. Thou art deservedly called Judah, not only because thy mother praised God for thee, but also... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:22-26

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:27

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:1-28

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:8

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