1 Jacob calls his sons to bless them.
3 Their blessing in particular.
29 He charges them about his burial.
33 He dies.

Gather. De 31:12,28,29 33:1-29 Ps 25:14 105:15 Isa 22:14 53:1 Da 2:47 Da 10:1 Am 3:7 Lu 2:26 Ro 1:17,18 Heb 10:24,25 13:1 Re 4:1

last days. Nu 24:14 De 4:30 31:29 Isa 2:2 39:6 Jer 23:20 Da 2:28,29 10:14 Mic 4:1 Ac 2:17 1Ti 4:1 2Ti 3:1 Heb 1:2

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

hearken. Ps 34:11 Pr 1:8,9 4:1-4 5:1 6:20 7:1,24 8:32 23:22,26

3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

my firstborn. 29:32 46:8 48:18 Nu 1:20 26:5 1Ch 2:1 5:1,3

my might. De 21:17 Ps 78:51 105:36

4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Unstable. Jas 1:6-8 2Pe 2:14 3:16

thou shall not excel. Heb. do not thou excel. 46:8 Nu 32:1-42 De 33:6

because. 35:22 De 5:21 27:20 1Ch 5:1 1Co 5:1

he went up to my couch. or, my couch is gone.

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

Simeon. 29:33,34 34:25-29 46:10,11 Pr 18:9

instruments, etc. or, their swords are weapons of violence. 34:25-29

6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.

O my soul. Jud 5:21 Ps 42:5,11 43:5 103:1 Jer 4:19 Lu 12:19

come. 34:30 Ps 5:10 26:4,5 38:3 94:20,21 139:19 Pr 1:11,15,16 12:5

secret. De 27:24 Ps 26:9 94:20 2Co 6:14

honour. Ps 16:9 30:12 57:8

a man. 34:25,26

digged down a wall. or, houghed oxen.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Cursed. 2Sa 13:15,22-28 Pr 26:24,25 27:3

I will divide. Jos 19:1-9 21:1-34 1Ch 4:24-31,39,40 6:65

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

shall praise. 29:35 44:18-34 46:12 De 33:7 1Ch 5:2 Ps 76:1 Heb 7:14

thy hand. Nu 1:27 10:14 26:22 Jud 1:1,2 20:18 2Sa 24:9 1Ki 4:1-34 1Ch 12:1-40 2Ch 11:12-17 14:8 15:9 17:2,14-16 30:11 Ps 18:40-43 Ps 78:68-71 Isa 9:7 Phm 2:10,11 Heb 7:14 10:13 Re 5:5 11:15

the neck. Jos 10:24 2Sa 22:41 Eze 21:29

thy father's. 27:29 37:7-10 42:6 2Sa 5:3

9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

a lion's. Ho 5:4,14 1Co 15:24 Re 5:5

he stooped. Nu 23:24 24:9

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

sceptre. Nu 24:17 Ps 60:7 Jer 30:21 Ho 11:12 Eze 19:11,14 Zec 10:11

lawgiver. Nu 21:18 Ps 60:7 108:8 Isa 33:22

between. De 28:57

until. Isa 9:6 11:1-5 62:11 Jer 23:5,6 Eze 21:27 Da 9:25 Mt 1:21 17:5 21:9 Lu 1:32,33 Joh 9:7 18:31 19:12,15

the gathering. Ps 72:8-11 Isa 2:2 11:10,12,13 42:1,3,4 49:6,7,22,23 55:4,5 60:1 60:3,5 Eze 21:27 Hag 2:7 Zec 2:11 8:20-23 Mt 25:32 Lu 1:32,33 Lu 2:30-32 Joh 12:32 Ro 15:12 2Co 5:10 Heb 7:14 Re 11:15

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:

his foal. Isa 63:1-3

he washed. 1Ki 4:20,25 2Ki 18:32 Joe 3:18 Mic 4:4 Re 7:14 19:18

12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

Pr 23:29

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

30:20 De 33:18,19 Jos 19:10-16

14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

30:18 De 33:18 Jos 19:17-23 Jud 5:15 10:1 1Ch 12:32

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

rest. Jos 14:15 Jud 3:11 2Sa 7:1

bowed. Ps 81:6 Eze 29:18 Mt 23:4

16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

30:6 Nu 10:25 De 33:22 Jud 13:2,24,25 15:20 18:1,2

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

shall be. Jud 14:1-15:20 16:22-30 18:22-31 1Ch 12:35

an adder. Heb. an arrow-snake.

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Ps 14:7 25:6 40:1 62:1,5 85:7 119:41,166,174 123:2 130:5 Isa 8:17 Isa 25:9 36:8 30:18 33:2 La 3:25 Mic 7:7 Mt 1:21 Mr 15:43 Lu 1:30 Lu 2:25,30 23:51 Ro 8:19,25 Ga 5:5 1Th 1:10

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

30:11 46:16 Nu 32:1-42 De 33:20,21 Jos 13:8 Jud 10:1-11:40 1Ch 3:18-22 5:11-22,26

20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

30:13 46:17 De 33:24,25 Jos 19:24-31

21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

30:8 46:24 De 33:23 Jos 19:32-39 Jud 4:6,10 5:18 Ps 18:33,34 Mt 4:15,16

Nepthalim.

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

a fruitful. 30:22-24 41:52 46:27 48:1,5,16,19,20 Nu 32:1-42 De 33:17 Jos 16:1-10 17:14-17 Ps 1:1-3 128:1,3 Eze 19:11

branches. Heb. daughters.

23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

37:4,18,24,28 39:7-20 42:21 Ps 64:3 118:13 Joh 16:33 Ac 14:22

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

his bow. Ne 6:9 Ps 27:14 28:8 89:1 Col 1:11 2Ti 4:17

were made. Job 29:20 Ps 18:32-35 37:14,15 44:7 Zec 10:12 Ro 14:4

the mighty. 35:10,11 Ex 3:6 Ps 18:1,30,32,34 132:2,5 Isa 60:16

the shepherd. 45:5,7,11 47:12 50:21 Nu 27:16-18 De 34:9 Jos 1:1-9 24:1-33 Ps 80:1

the stone. De 32:4 Ps 118:22 Isa 28:16 Zec 3:9 Mt 21:42 Mr 12:10 Lu 20:17 Ac 4:11 Eph 2:20 1Pe 2:4-8

25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

the God. 28:13,21 35:3 43:23 De 8:17 28:12 33:1,13-17

the Almighty. 17:1 35:11

with blessings. De 28:2-12 33:13 Ps 84:11 85:12 Mt 6:33 1Co 3:21,22 Eph 1:3 Php 4:19 1Ti 4:8

26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

have prevailed. 27:27-29,39,40 28:3,4 Eph 1:3

everlasting hills. De 33:15 Ps 89:36 Isa 54:10 Eze 37:25,26 Jon 2:6 Hab 3:6

they shall. De 33:16 Ps 132:18

was separate. 37:28 Nu 6:2 Ps 105:17-22 Isa 66:5 Ac 7:9

27 Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

ravin. 35:18 46:21 De 33:12

a wolf. Nu 23:24 Jud 3:15-29 20:21,25 1Sa 11:4-11 14:1-15:35 17:1-58 Ac 8:3 9:1 Php 3:5

at night. Jer 5:6 Eze 22:25,27 Ho 13:7,8 Zep 3:3 Mt 7:15 10:16 Ac 20:29

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

the twelve. Nu 23:24 Es 8:7,9,11 9:1-10:3 Eze 39:8-10 Zec 14:1-7

every one. 35:22 Ex 28:21 1Ki 18:31 Ac 26:7 Jas 1:1 Re 7:4

29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

gathered. Ro 12:6

bury me. 15:15 25:8-17 35:29 Heb 12:23

in the cave. 47:30 2Sa 19:37

Ephron. 50:13

30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

Abraham bought. 23:8

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

23:3,16-20 25:9 35:29 47:30 50:13 Ac 7:16

32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

23:17-20

33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

had made. 1,24-26 Jos 24:27-29 Heb 11:22

and yielded. 29 15:5 25:8,17 35:29 Job 5:26 14:10 30:23 Ec 12:7 Isa 57:1,2 Lu 2:29 Heb 11:13-16 12:23