Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 49:8

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 49:8 - 49:8

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 49:8 - 49:8

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

49:1 - 49:1
49:3 - 49:3
49:5 - 49:5
49:8 - 49:8
49:10 - 49:10
49:13 - 49:13
49:14 - 49:14
49:16 - 49:16
49:17 - 49:17
49:19 - 49:19
49:20 - 49:20
49:21 - 49:21
49:22 - 49:22
49:27 - 49:27
49:28 - 49:28
49:29 - 49:29
49:33 - 49:33

Gen 49:8-12. Judah.

Judah - A high pre-eminence is destined to this tribe (Num 10:14; Jdg 1:2). Besides the honor of giving name to the Promised Land, David, and a greater than David - the Messiah - sprang from it. Chief among the tribes, “it grew up from a lion’s whelp” - that is, a little power - till it became “an old lion” - that is, calm and quiet, yet still formidable.