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GENESIS CHAPTER 49
Jacob calls his sons to bless them before his death, Gen_49:1. Bespeaks their attention, Gen_49:2. Condemns Reuben’s incest, Gen_49:3,4; Simeon’s and Levi’s cruelty, Gen_49:5-7. Extols Judah; prophesieth of Christ, and the calling of the Gentiles, Gen_49:9-12. Of Zebulun, Gen_49:13; Issachar, Gen_49:14,15; Dan, Gen_49:16,17. Expresses his faith on God’s salvation, Gen_49:18. Of Gad, Gen_49:19; Asher, Gen_49:20; Naphtali, Gen_49:21. Joseph’s peculiar blessing, Gen_49:22-26. Of Benjamin, Gen_49:27. His charge eoncerning his burial and death, Gen_49:28-33.
Or, in the following times, or latter days, when you shall enter into and be settled in the Land of Promise. Hereby he signifies, that he speaks here of things which concern not so much their persons as their posterity.