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Genesis 49

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Genesis 49 . 1

1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:TOSKGenesis 49:1TTLast Days Eschatology

Genesis 49 . 2

2 Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.TOSKGenesis 49:2

Genesis 49 . 3

3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.IP1 Chronicles 5:1-2TOSKGenesis 49:3TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 49 . 4

4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father's bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.IP1 Chronicles 5:1-2TOSKGenesis 49:4TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 49 . 5

5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.TOSKGenesis 49:5

Genesis 49 . 6

6 May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.TOSKGenesis 49:6

Genesis 49 . 7

7 Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.TOSKGenesis 49:7

Genesis 49 . 8

8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down to you.IP1 Chronicles 28:4-6 · 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 · Micah 5:8-9TOSKGenesis 49:8TTJudah's Scepter (Until Shiloh Comes) · Last Days Eschatology · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)ATNThe Scepter Shall Not Depart

Genesis 49 . 9

9 Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?IP1 Chronicles 28:4-6 · 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 · Micah 5:8-9 · Numbers 24:9TOSKGenesis 49:9TTJudah's Scepter (Until Shiloh Comes) · Last Days Eschatology · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)ATNThe Scepter Shall Not Depart

Genesis 49 . 10

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.IP2 Samuel 7:14-15 · Ezekiel 21:27 · Psalms 2:8-9 · 1 Chronicles 28:4-6 · 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 · Genesis 3:15 · Hebrews 7:14TOSKGenesis 49:10TTJudah's Scepter (Until Shiloh Comes) · Davidic Kingdom (Messianic Reign) · Last Days Eschatology · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)LTSeed and Offspring · KingdomATNThe Scepter Shall Not Depart

Genesis 49 . 11

11 He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.IPZechariah 9:9 · 1 Chronicles 28:4-6 · 1 Chronicles 5:1-2TOSKGenesis 49:11TTJudah's Scepter (Until Shiloh Comes) · Davidic Kingdom (Messianic Reign) · Last Days Eschatology · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy) · Vine and Vineyard (True Israel)ATNThe Scepter Shall Not Depart

Genesis 49 . 12

12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.IP1 Chronicles 28:4-6 · 1 Chronicles 5:1-2TOSKGenesis 49:12TTJudah's Scepter (Until Shiloh Comes) · Last Days Eschatology · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)ATNThe Scepter Shall Not Depart

Genesis 49 . 13

13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.TOSKGenesis 49:13

Genesis 49 . 14

14 Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.TOSKGenesis 49:14

Genesis 49 . 15

15 He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.TOSKGenesis 49:15

Genesis 49 . 16

16 Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.TOSKGenesis 49:16

Genesis 49 . 17

17 He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.TOSKGenesis 49:17

Genesis 49 . 18

18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.TOSKGenesis 49:18

Genesis 49 . 19

19 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.TOSKGenesis 49:19

Genesis 49 . 20

20 Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.TOSKGenesis 49:20

Genesis 49 . 21

21 Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.TOSKGenesis 49:21

Genesis 49 . 22

22 Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.TOSKGenesis 49:22

Genesis 49 . 23

23 The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.TOSKGenesis 49:23

Genesis 49 . 24

24 Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,TOSKGenesis 49:24TTStone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)LTShepherd

Genesis 49 . 25

25 by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.TOSKGenesis 49:25

Genesis 49 . 26

26 The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.TOSKGenesis 49:26

Genesis 49 . 27

27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."TOSKGenesis 49:27TTBenjamin (Son of the Right Hand)

Genesis 49 . 28

28 These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.CGenesis 49:28-50:14TOSKGenesis 49:28

Genesis 49 . 29

29 Then Jacob instructed them, "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.CGenesis 49:29-33TOSKGenesis 49:29

Genesis 49 . 30

30 The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.CGenesis 49:29-33TOSKGenesis 49:30

Genesis 49 . 31

31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.CGenesis 49:29-33TOSKGenesis 49:31

Genesis 49 . 32

32 The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites."CGenesis 49:29-33TOSKGenesis 49:32

Genesis 49 . 33

33 When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.CGenesis 49:29-33TOSKGenesis 49:33

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Intertextuality Pairs

Allusions Numbers 24:9 → Genesis 49:9, 1 Chronicles 28:4-6 → Genesis 49:8-12, 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 → Genesis 49:3-4, 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 → Genesis 49:8-12, Psalms 2:8-9 → Genesis 49:10, Ezekiel 21:27 → Genesis 49:10, Micah 5:8-9 → Genesis 49:8-9, Zechariah 9:9 → Genesis 49:11

Echoes Hebrews 7:14 → Genesis 49:10, Genesis 49:10 → Genesis 3:15, 2 Samuel 7:14-15 → Genesis 49:10

Trajectories

Benjamin (Son of the Right Hand), Davidic Kingdom (Messianic Reign), Judah's Scepter (Until Shiloh Comes), Last Days Eschatology, Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation), These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy), Vine and Vineyard (True Israel)

Longitudinal Themes

Kingdom, Seed and Offspring, Shepherd

Anchor Text Networks

Networked Genesis 49.10 - The Scepter Shall Not Depart

Chiasms

Shaped Genesis 49:28–50:14, Genesis 49:29–33