Genesis 49:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Genesis 49:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - Jacob Blesses His Sons 5. מכרה m e kêrāh , “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר mākar “sell,” in Arabic “take counsel. Habitat...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Blessing of Jacob. This poem had an independent origin, but if it was incorporated in one of the main documents it would be in J. It is not a mere collection of originally isolated utterances o...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  13. Zebulun shall dwell at the havens of the sea. Although this blessing contains nothing rare or precious, (as neither do some of those which follow,) yet we ought to deem this fact as suffi...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Zebulun's lot or portion in the division of the Promised Land extended from...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea— As Jacob mentions his sons according to seniority, in regard to their respective mothers, this would have been, according to that method, Issachar's pla...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea. Although Issachar was olde...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Jacob Blesses his Twelve Sons It is generally considered that in its present form, this chapter gives us indeed the last utterances of the dying patriarch respecting the future of his sons, but wi...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Zebulun... — “ Sea” is plural in the Heb., and is rightly so rendered in the Syriac. The territory of the tribe lay upon the inland sea of Gennesaret, but did not extend to the shore of the Mediterr...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRIBES Genesis 48:1-22 ; Genesis 49:1-33 JACOB'S blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Henceforth the channel of God's blessing to man does...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jacob Foretells the Future of His Sons Genesis 49:1-13 Once more Joseph visited his father's dying-bed. This was the third time and the last. He stood as one of twelve strong bearded men, gathe...

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• Genesis 49:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Before his passing, Jacob, in forecasting the future of his sons, based what he had to say on what he had already seen in them. In some cases the allusions are difficult to follow, and the connection...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Isaiah 63:2 This prophecy was completed, when the tribe of Zebulun had by lot assigned it the border of the sea. Joshua 19:10-11 .

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• Genesis 49:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea ,.... Of the sea of Galilee, sometimes called the sea of Tiberias and of Gennesaret; and of the Mediterranean sea; and accordingly we find that the border...

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• Genesis 49:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 13. Zebulun shall dwell, &c. ] It is God that "appoints us the...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea This was fulfilled, when, two or three hundred years after, the land of Canaan was divided by lot, and the “border of Zebulun went up toward the sea,” J...

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• Genesis 49:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  JACOB'S PROPHECY AS TO THE TWELVE TRIBES (vs.1-28) After a life of many failures and troubles, the last days of Jacob stand out in bright relief. His perception of God's ways became much more cle...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.   14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Acknowledge here and adore the Divine Providence, which directed Jacob thus exactly to foretell the portion of Zebulun, which fell to them two hundred years after this, and that not by choice, or any...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the sea, And he will be for a haven for ships, And his flanks will reach towards Zidon.” Having moved into prophetic mode Jacob now seems more inspired. It s...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 49:14 . A strong ass.] Heb. An ass of bone. “The figure here employed has nothing mean about it. The Oriental ass is a more stately animal than the Western.” ( Lange )—...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Genesis 48 and 49 (with Deuteronomy 33 and Judges 5 ) Jacob's blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Henceforth the channel of God's blessing to man does not co...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  l, 2. And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last day. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 49:2 . Gather yourselves together. This phrase implies that they should come purified, and prepared for instruction. Genesis 49:3 . Reuben. Jacob here seems to enumerate the excellenci...

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• Genesis 49:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Zebulun. .. Issachar. .. Dan. .. Gad. .. Asher. .. Naphtali. .. Benjamin The blessings of Zebulun, &c. : Consider these blessings-- I. IN THEIR VARIETY. 1. Maritime power. 2. Husb...

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• Genesis 49:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 49:1 And Jacob (having closed his interview with Joseph and his two sons) called (by means of messengers) unto his sons ( i.e. the others who were then absent), a...

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• Genesis 49:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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. The country later inhabited by the tribe of Zebulun fronted on two seas, on the...

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• Genesis 49:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Genesis 30:20 Deuteronomy 33:18 Deuteronomy 33:19 Joshua 19:10-16

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• Genesis 49:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Zebulon shall dwell at the haven of the sea — This was fulfilled, when 2 or 300 years after, the land of Canaan was divided by lot, and the border of Zebulon went up towards the sea, Joshua 19:11...

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