I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
- Jacob Blesses His Sons 5. מכרה m e kêrāh , “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר...
(o) I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. (o) Seeing the miseries that his posterity would fall into, he bursts out in prayer to God to remedy it...
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...
18. I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. It may be asked, in the first place, what occasion induced the holy man to break the connection...
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord— Various have been the reasons assigned by commentators, for the introduction of this ejaculation. Some sup...
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. The connection of this clause with the preceding context ha...
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...
The connexion of this verse with the preceding is uncertain. Kalisch says, 'the poet, identifying himself with the oppressed and embarrassed tribe, u...
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord (Jehovah). — Among the many explanations hazarded of this ejaculation the most probable is that given in th...
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...
Joseph Specially Blessed Genesis 49:13-27 The position of Zebulun and the following tribes in the land of promise is accurately foretold. Compa...
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...
This verse forms a sweet break in the thread of Jacob's blessing. So said Simeon, Luke 2:25-30 . Reader! GOD grant that so may you and I. Heb 11:13-...
WAITING FOR GOD’S SALVATION ‘I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.’ Genesis 49:18 These words are a parenthesis in Jacob’s long blessing...
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. . Jacob finding his spirits faint and flag, stops and breathes awhile before he proceeded any further in bl...
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. Ver. 18. I have waited for thy salvation. ] A sudden and sweet ejaculation; either, as, feeling himself...
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord These words may be considered in two lights; 1st, As connected with the preceding prophecy concerning Dan,...
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....
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...
I do earnestly wait, and hope, and pray for thy helping hand to save me and my posterity from the manifold temporal calamities which I foresee will c...
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...
Genesis 48 and 49 (with Deuteronomy 33 and Judges 5 ) Jacob's blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Hencefort...
Genesis 49:18 These words are a parenthesis in Jacob's long blessing of his sons. The old man seemed to have been exhausted with the thoughts and...
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...
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...
Genesis 49:2 . Gather yourselves together. This phrase implies that they should come purified, and prepared for instruction. Genesis 49:3 . Reu...
Zebulun. .. Issachar. .. Dan. .. Gad. .. Asher. .. Naphtali. .. Benjamin The blessings of Zebulun, &c. : Consider these blessings-- I....
I have waited for Thy salvation, of Lord Times of waiting A parenthesis in Jacob’s long blessing of his sons. Exhausted with the thoughts and...
EXPOSITION Genesis 49:1 And Jacob (having closed his interview with Joseph and his two sons) called (by means of messengers) unto his...
The Blessing upon Zebulun, Issachar, and Dan
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. This is Jacob's longing cry in the midst of his prophecy, for he asks not only the assistance of the Lord fo...
Psalms 14:7 Psalms 25:6 Psalms 40:1 Psalms 62:1 Psalms 62:5 Psalms 85:7 Psalms 119:41 Psalms 119:166 Psalms 119:174 Psalms 123:2...
I have waited for thy salvation, Lord — If he must break off here, and his breath will not serve him to finish what he intended, with these words h...
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.