CHAP. XLIX.*
Jacob, being about to die, blesseth his sons, and foretelleth what shall happen to each of them hereafter. He giveth them charge concerning his funeral, and dieth.
Before Christ 1688.
* I feel it my duty, in my annotations on this important chapter, as well as on some other parts of Scripture, to enlarge considerably for the sake of the critical reader; but shall always be careful to make compensation, in the course of the commentary, to those who are particularly attached to spiritual reflections.