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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 49:1-33

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 is not easy to see. In others both are unmistakable. Speaking of Reuben, Jacob declared that pre-eminence of privilege does lot necessarily issue in pre-eminence of position. Of Simeon and Levi he declared that cruelty of character ever issues in division and scattering. In Judah he saw the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 49:8-12

“Judah, your brothers will praise you, Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, Your father’s sons will bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s whelp, My son, you are gone up from the prey, He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness, who will rouse him up? Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And the obedience of the peoples will be to him. Binding his foal to the vine, And his ass’s colt to the choice vine, He has washed his garments in wine, And... 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 49:11

He signifies the plenty of vines in Judah’s portion, that they shall be planted every where, even in the commons and highways where men travel, and where upon occasion they use to tie the beasts on which they ride to any tree which is near them. Such shall be the plenty of it, that if it were convenient, men might use wine instead of water to wash their garments. The blood of grapes; so the wine is called also in Deuteronomy 32:14; 1Ma 6:34; and by Pliny, Hesiod, and others. As oil is called... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 49:8-12

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 49:8. Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise.] An allusion to his name which signifies praise (Genesis 29:35.)—not merely the praised one, but he for whom Jehovah is praised.—Genesis 49:9. Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up.] “Judah, the kingly tribe, is likened to the lion, the king of beasts, who has taken his prey in the plain and is returning to his mountain habitation (Song of Solomon 4:8). It is from this prophecy that the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 49:1-33

Genesis 48:0 and 49 (with Deuteronomy 33:0 and Judges 5:0 ) 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 one person only, but of a people or nation. As the patriarchal dispensation ceases it secures to the tribes all the blessing it has itself contained. The distinguishing features which Jacob depicts in the blessing of his sons were found in all the generations of the tribes, and displayed... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 49:1-33

Chapter 49And 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 Jacob. He had had some pretty rough hours. Life had been hard. As he said to the Pharaoh, "My days had been a hundred and thirty years and few and evil are the days of my pilgrim". They had been tough years. But he rose to the grandest hour in the hour of his death. Gathering his sons... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 49:1-33

Genesis 49:2. Gather yourselves together. This phrase implies that they should come purified, and prepared for instruction. Genesis 49:3-4 . Reuben. Jacob here seems to enumerate the excellencies of Reuben, the more deeply to detest his crime; and after affirming that he should not excel in posterity, he turns towards his brethren, and adds, because he went up to my couch. But Dr. Lightfoot rather softens this translation. Reuben shall have a remnant of dignity, and a remnant of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 49:8-12

Genesis 49:8-12Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praiseThe blessing of Judah:I.THAT HE SHOULD WIN THE PRAISE OF HIS BRETHREN. II. THAT HE SHOULD BE THE TYPE OF THE VICTORIOUS HERO. 1. A growing power. 2. A. righteous power. 3. A power to be dreaded. III. THAT HE SHOULD BE THE TYPE OF THE MESSIAH. 1. In his sovereignty. For--(1) He had regal power. (2) He had power combined with gentleness. (3) He had a power which sweetly wins obedience. 2. In his prosperity. (T. H. Leale.)Judah’s... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 49:11

Gen 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: Ver. 11. Binding his foal unto the vine. ] Vines shall be so plentiful, that as countrymen tie their asses to briers and shrubs, so shall Judah to the vines, that shall grow thick everywhere. Where Christ is set up in the power and purity of his ordinances, there is usually a confluence of all inward and outward comforts and contentments. He... read more

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