the twelve: Numbers 23:24; Esther 8:7, Esther 8:9, Esther 8:11, 9:1-10:3; Ezekiel 39:8-10; Zechariah 14:1-7
every one: Genesis 35:22; Exodus 28:21; 1 Kings 18:31; Acts 26:7; James 1:1; Revelation 7:4
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Genesis 49:28
Genesis 49:28
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Genesis 49 — OverviewGenesis 49 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter is a prophecy; the likest to it we have yet met with was
that of Noah, ch. ix. 25, &c. Jacob is here upon his death-bed, making
his will. He put it off till now, because dying men's words are apt to…Genesis 49 — OverviewGenesis 49 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 49:1, Jacob calls his sons to bless them; Genesis 49:3, Their blessing in particular; Genesis 49:29, He charges them about his burial; Genesis 49:33, He dies.Genesis 49 — OverviewGenesis 49 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains a prophecy of future things, relating to the twelve sons of Jacob, and to the twelve tribes, as descending from them, and which he delivered to his sons on his death bed, having called them…Genesis 49:1-33Genesis 49:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe patriarchal blessing, or the last words of Jacob,
I. THE SONS OF LEAH.
1. The blessing on Reuben.
2. The blessings on Simeon and Levi. It is only by a species of irony that the words pronounced on the authors of…Genesis 49:1-33Genesis 49:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryLast words.
Jacob's benediction on his sons was a prophetic treasure, to be kept in store by future generations, and a foundation on which much faith could afterwards be built.. It has been called "the last full bloom…Genesis 49:28-33Genesis 49:28-33 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. The summing up of the blessings of Jacob's sons, v. 28.
Though Reuben, Simeon, and Levi were put under the marks of their
father's displeasure, yet he is said to bless them every one according
to…