“ The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: ”
- 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...
(r) The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him: (r) As his brethren when they were his enemies, Potiphar and others.
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...
DISCOURSE: 61 JOSEPH A TYPE OF CHRIST Genesis 49:22-24 . Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved him, and s...
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him , and hated him: The chief archers - בעלי חצים baaley chitstsim, the masters of arrows - Joseph's brethren, who either used such weapons, while f...
The archers, &c.— Most commentators allow, that by archers here must be understood Joseph's brethren, who hated him and sold him into AEgypt; his mistress, who tempted and falsely accused him;...
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: The archers have sorely grieved him ... The image is here changed to that of a warrior engaged in a deadly contest. The "a...
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...
(22-26) Joseph. — The blessing of Joseph is, in many particulars, the most remarkable of them all. Jacob throughout it seems struggling with himself, and anxious to bestow more than was in his powe...
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...
Joseph Specially Blessed Genesis 49:13-27 The position of Zebulun and the following tribes in the land of promise is accurately foretold. Compare the allotments of Joshua 18:1-28 . Notice the...
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...
How was JESUS shot at, and his Church assaulted in all ages! Isaiah 50:6 .
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him. His brethren who grieved him with their ill usage, shot out bitter words against him, and hated him for his dreams, and because...
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him: Ver. 23. The archers have sorely grieved him. ] These were his barbarous brethren, that sold him; his adulterous mistress,...
The archers have sorely grieved him Though he now lived in ease and in honour, Jacob reminds him of the difficulties he had formerly waded through. He had had many enemies, here called archers , b...
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...
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But hi...
i.e. His adversaries, as well his own brethren as his master and mistress; with their scoffs, and slanders, and injuries, which in the Scripture are oft compared to arrows.
“Joseph is the son of a fruitful tree, The son of a fruitful tree by a spring, His daughters run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him and persecuted him, But...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 49:22 . Whose branches run over the wall.] “Transcend all the usual boundaries of a well-enclosed garden. Joseph is, in prospect, the twofold tribe that bursts the bounds...
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...
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;...
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...
Joseph is a fruitful bough The blessing of Joseph: I. PREDICTION OF HIS FUTURE GREATNESS. 1. His extraordinary increase. 2. His great prosperity. (1) All kinds of blessings were promis...
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...
The Prophecy upon Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin
Genesis 37:4 Genesis 37:18 Genesis 37:24 Genesis 37:28 Genesis 39:7-20 Genesis 42:21 Psalms 64:3 Psalms 118:13 John 16:33 Acts 14:22
The archer have sorely grieved him — Tho' he now lived at ease and in honour, Jacob minds him of the difficulties he had formerly waded through. He had many enemies here called archers, being skilf...