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 Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 49:15
Genesis 49:15. He saw that rest was good— He saw the resting-place, that it was good, as Durell renders it, after the Samaritan: and he justly observes, that the original word signifying both rest and a resting-place, the latter appears more suitable here, as it is explained by land in the next clause. The goodness of this portion may be sufficiently collected from what is said in Scripture of the vale of Jezreel, so frequently mentioned in it; from the detail we meet with of its produce; and... read more