Genesis 49:23

How was JESUS shot at, and his Church assaulted in all ages! Isaiah 50:6.

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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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
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 m...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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 th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The archers, &c.— Most commentators allow, that by archers here must be understood Joseph's brethren, who hated him and sold him into AEgypt; h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 tha...
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 p...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The archers ] perhaps Canaanite and Arab peoples bordering on these tribes.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(22-26) Joseph. — The blessing of Joseph is, in many particulars, the most remarkable of them all. Jacob throughout it seems struggling with himsel...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The archers. — Naturally Jacob next describes the sorrows of Joseph’s youth, but in poetical terms, so as not to wound the feelings of his brethren...
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. He...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Specially Blessed Genesis 49:13-27 The position of Zebulun and the following tribes in the land of promise is accurately foretold. Compa...
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 all...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 again...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
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....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 49:22 . Whose branches run over the wall.] “Transcend all the usual boundaries of a well-enclosed garden. Joseph is, in...
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. Hencefort...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 49:23-24 These picturesque words are part of one of the oldest pieces of poetry in the Bible the dying Jacob's prophetic blessing of his s...
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. Gathe...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 49:1-3 . And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last...
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 . Reu...
The Biblical Illustrator

Joseph is a fruitful bough The blessing of Joseph: I. PREDICTION OF HIS FUTURE GREATNESS. 1. His extraordinary increase. 2. His great pro...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophecy upon Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 49:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 49:23